REGIOMONTANUS (Johannes Müller, 1436-1476). Kalendarius Teütsch. Augsburg: [J. Sittich], January 1514.
A rare, richly illustrated calendar from the Augsburg Renaissance. Not in Adams. VD 16 M 6540.
Quarto (210 x 155mm). Title within four-part woodcut border, 87 woodcuts, 10 of these large including 1 full page lunar figure with 3 volvelles, all except volvelles in bright contemporary hand colour (gutter repaired to a few leaves including title). Contemporary quarter pigskin over wooden boards. Provenance: ‘Augsburg Anno 1514’ (inscription on title) – contemporary annotations, including receipts in a 16th century hand in German -- ‘Carl Schnizlein gekft 1858’ (possibly Adalbert Carl Friedrich Hellwig Conrad Schnizlein (1814-1868, German botanist and pharmacist; inscription on front pastedown).
REGIOMONTANUS (Johannes Müller, 1436-1476). Kalendarius Teütsch. Augsburg: [J. Sittich], January 1514.
A rare, richly illustrated calendar from the Augsburg Renaissance. Not in Adams. VD 16 M 6540.
Quarto (210 x 155mm). Title within four-part woodcut border, 87 woodcuts, 10 of these large including 1 full page lunar figure with 3 volvelles, all except volvelles in bright contemporary hand colour (gutter repaired to a few leaves including title). Contemporary quarter pigskin over wooden boards. Provenance: ‘Augsburg Anno 1514’ (inscription on title) – contemporary annotations, including receipts in a 16th century hand in German -- ‘Carl Schnizlein gekft 1858’ (possibly Adalbert Carl Friedrich Hellwig Conrad Schnizlein (1814-1868, German botanist and pharmacist; inscription on front pastedown).
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