BOCKSPERGER, JOHANN MELCHIOR. 1540-1589. Neuwe Biblische Figuren. Frankfurt: Georg Rabe, Sigmund Feyerabend and Weygand Hanen Heirs, 1565. Oblong 4to (150 x 200 mm). Title page in red and black, 130 woodcut illustrations by Jost Amman after Johann Melchior Bocksperger. 19th-century-half vellum, modern clamshell box. Light soiling to binding, a few early leaves re-margined, browning and spotting. Second edition, appearing only a year after the first, and followed four years later by a third, and then a fourth in 1571 — a testament to the popularity of the work. Adams R-238.
BOCKSPERGER, JOHANN MELCHIOR. 1540-1589. Neuwe Biblische Figuren. Frankfurt: Georg Rabe, Sigmund Feyerabend and Weygand Hanen Heirs, 1565. Oblong 4to (150 x 200 mm). Title page in red and black, 130 woodcut illustrations by Jost Amman after Johann Melchior Bocksperger. 19th-century-half vellum, modern clamshell box. Light soiling to binding, a few early leaves re-margined, browning and spotting. Second edition, appearing only a year after the first, and followed four years later by a third, and then a fourth in 1571 — a testament to the popularity of the work. Adams R-238.
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