[BEHAM, Hans Sebald (1500-1550)]. Apocalypsis S. Joannis. Die Offenbarung S. Johannis. Frankfurt: Hermann Gülfferich, 1551.
A fine series of 30 apocalytpic woodcuts, including 27 by the celebrated German printmaker Hans Sebald Beham. First published in a separate edition in 1539, the present lot was apparently issued as part of a set of three alongside illustrations of the Old and New Testaments. USTC 612327; VD16 B 2567; cf. Fairfax Murray, German 65-66.
Octavo (146 x 95mm). Woodcut title vignette and 29 further half-page woodcuts each with captions above in Latin and below in German (a few faints spots). Modern binding reusing leaves from a 15th-century manuscript on vellum. Provenance: Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer (monogram on rear pastedown).
[BEHAM, Hans Sebald (1500-1550)]. Apocalypsis S. Joannis. Die Offenbarung S. Johannis. Frankfurt: Hermann Gülfferich, 1551.
A fine series of 30 apocalytpic woodcuts, including 27 by the celebrated German printmaker Hans Sebald Beham. First published in a separate edition in 1539, the present lot was apparently issued as part of a set of three alongside illustrations of the Old and New Testaments. USTC 612327; VD16 B 2567; cf. Fairfax Murray, German 65-66.
Octavo (146 x 95mm). Woodcut title vignette and 29 further half-page woodcuts each with captions above in Latin and below in German (a few faints spots). Modern binding reusing leaves from a 15th-century manuscript on vellum. Provenance: Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer (monogram on rear pastedown).
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