Accession number
PML 198655
Creator
Sachs, Hans, 1494-1576.
Published
[Nuremberg] Gedrückt durch Hans Güldenmundt, ym M.D.xxvii [before 27 March, 1527].
Credit line
Gift of William Wyer and an anonymous donor, 2020.
Notes
Title and date from title page, printer from colophon.
Signatures: A-C⁴ D² E⁴: 18 leaves.
30 woodcuts by Erhard Schön, likely cut by Hieronymus Andreae (Formschneider).
The Nuremberg City Council ordered all copies and woodblocks confiscated, 27 March 1527.
Signatures: A-C⁴ D² E⁴: 18 leaves.
30 woodcuts by Erhard Schön, likely cut by Hieronymus Andreae (Formschneider).
The Nuremberg City Council ordered all copies and woodblocks confiscated, 27 March 1527.
Description
[18] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 21.5 cm (4to)
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Woodcuts are hand colored.
Provenance
John Eliot Hodgkin (1829-1912), armorial binding and bookplate, his sale, Sotheby's, 12 May 1914, lot 1359; Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow, acquired from Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1969, Vershbow sale, Christie's NY, 10 April 2013, lot 25; Morgan Library & Museum, gift of William Wyer, Nov. 2020.
Binding
19th-century English gilt-tooled brown calf, with armorial and monogram cipher of Hodgkin.
Classification
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