BEHAM, Hans Sebald (1500-1550). Biblische Historien Figürlich fürbildet Durch den wolberümten Sebald Beham von Nürnberg. Frankfurt: Christian Egenolph, 1536.
BEHAM, Hans Sebald (1500-1550). Biblische Historien Figürlich fürbildet Durch den wolberümten Sebald Beham von Nürnberg. Frankfurt: Christian Egenolph, 1536. Small 8 o (159 x 120 mm). Collation : A-K 4 . 35 leaves (of 40, lacking D1 and I 4 ). Woodcut title in gothic and italic lettering within border containing scenes from Exodus, and 70 (of 80) woodcut illustrations. 19th-century German quarter roan (some light rubbing). Provenance : A. Lanna (bookplate); Santorelli sale, Leipzig (pencil note); acquired from Child's, 1980. Second edition, with the place and printer on the title-page, containing the same woodcuts as the first edition published in Frankfurt by Egenolph in 1533. The oblong woodcuts, mostly 50 x 70 mm, illustrate the Old Testament. Each cut is accompanied by a Biblical quotation in German. The last two pages contain four woodcuts depicting Saint Luke, Saint John, David and Saint Paul. "Close copies of some of the same cuts were used in the Coverdale Bible of 1535 and in Tyndal's New Testament 1536" (Fairfax-Murray). Brunet V:253; Fairfax-Murray German 65.
BEHAM, Hans Sebald (1500-1550). Biblische Historien Figürlich fürbildet Durch den wolberümten Sebald Beham von Nürnberg. Frankfurt: Christian Egenolph, 1536.
BEHAM, Hans Sebald (1500-1550). Biblische Historien Figürlich fürbildet Durch den wolberümten Sebald Beham von Nürnberg. Frankfurt: Christian Egenolph, 1536. Small 8 o (159 x 120 mm). Collation : A-K 4 . 35 leaves (of 40, lacking D1 and I 4 ). Woodcut title in gothic and italic lettering within border containing scenes from Exodus, and 70 (of 80) woodcut illustrations. 19th-century German quarter roan (some light rubbing). Provenance : A. Lanna (bookplate); Santorelli sale, Leipzig (pencil note); acquired from Child's, 1980. Second edition, with the place and printer on the title-page, containing the same woodcuts as the first edition published in Frankfurt by Egenolph in 1533. The oblong woodcuts, mostly 50 x 70 mm, illustrate the Old Testament. Each cut is accompanied by a Biblical quotation in German. The last two pages contain four woodcuts depicting Saint Luke, Saint John, David and Saint Paul. "Close copies of some of the same cuts were used in the Coverdale Bible of 1535 and in Tyndal's New Testament 1536" (Fairfax-Murray). Brunet V:253; Fairfax-Murray German 65.
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