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Auction archive: Lot number 170

NEUDÖRFFER, JOHANN, THE ELDER A VOLUME CONTAINING 4 WRITING BOOKS BY NEUDÖRFFER, THREE PRINTED AND ONE MANUSCRIPT, COMPRISING

Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$13,052 - US$19,578
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 170

NEUDÖRFFER, JOHANN, THE ELDER A VOLUME CONTAINING 4 WRITING BOOKS BY NEUDÖRFFER, THREE PRINTED AND ONE MANUSCRIPT, COMPRISING

Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$13,052 - US$19,578
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

i. Ein Gesprechsbüchlein zweyer Schüler. Nuremberg: Johann Petreius, 1549, ruled in red, first few initials with gold highlights, woodcut illustrations (including examples of scripts), folding woodcut plate, long wormhole in first few leaves (repaired on title-page) ii. Ordentliche Zertreuung der Buchstaben [incipit], calligraphic manuscript on paper and vellum, 9 ff., in different coloured inks (including red and purple), containing different styles of writing IN NEUDORFFER'S HAND iii. [Fraktur-Initial-Alphabete] 34 woodcut plates of calligraphic initials, some signed by Neudorffer and dated 1549, lacking title-page iv. [Das Fundament] Als Man zalt nach Christi Jesu unnsers lieben herrn... [incipit], 6 plates of woodcut calligraphic text, with capital flourishes in manuscript, [1549] 4 works in one volume, folio (291 x 200mm.), contemporary stamped calf gilt, central arabesque stamps after designs by Peter Flötner (according to Abbey catalogue), two pairs of leather ties, modern folding box, binding repaired at edges and joints with later lettering-piece in period style

Auction archive: Lot number 170
Auction:
Datum:
2 Nov 2017
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

i. Ein Gesprechsbüchlein zweyer Schüler. Nuremberg: Johann Petreius, 1549, ruled in red, first few initials with gold highlights, woodcut illustrations (including examples of scripts), folding woodcut plate, long wormhole in first few leaves (repaired on title-page) ii. Ordentliche Zertreuung der Buchstaben [incipit], calligraphic manuscript on paper and vellum, 9 ff., in different coloured inks (including red and purple), containing different styles of writing IN NEUDORFFER'S HAND iii. [Fraktur-Initial-Alphabete] 34 woodcut plates of calligraphic initials, some signed by Neudorffer and dated 1549, lacking title-page iv. [Das Fundament] Als Man zalt nach Christi Jesu unnsers lieben herrn... [incipit], 6 plates of woodcut calligraphic text, with capital flourishes in manuscript, [1549] 4 works in one volume, folio (291 x 200mm.), contemporary stamped calf gilt, central arabesque stamps after designs by Peter Flötner (according to Abbey catalogue), two pairs of leather ties, modern folding box, binding repaired at edges and joints with later lettering-piece in period style

Auction archive: Lot number 170
Auction:
Datum:
2 Nov 2017
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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