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Medieval Printed Paper Bible Page by Johann Grüninger

Printed 1492 A.D.. Page of a rag-paper bible with text printed in two columns with marginal notes to both sides; portion of Apocalipsis (Revelations); printed in Strasbourg by Johann Grüninger with commentary by Nicholas de Lyra. 5.67 grams, 22.5 x 32.6 cm (8 7/8 x 12 7/8 in.). Ex Cummings collection, UK, 1990s. Johannes Grüninger (1455-1533) was a prolific German printer active from 1482 to 1533 who printed up to 80 books a year in Latin and in German, as well as wall-maps. His bible was issued in two volumes, which allowed it be produced on smaller pages than for most standard editions. [No Reserve]

Medieval Judges Bible Page by Johann Gruninger

Printed 1492 A.D. Being a single, double-sided leaf from an early printed paper Latin bible for the Book of Judges, chapters 15-18; the text set in two columns of blackletter type with numerous hand-applied rubrications (embellishments) in red, with foliation and other marks; square woodblock versals; printed by Johann Gruninger of Strasbourg with commentary by Nicholas de Lyra. 11 grams, 33 x 24.5 cm (13 x 9 5/8 in.). Ex M Cummings collection, UK, 1990s-2000s. Accompanied by a Vulgate Latin text with English translation. This portion of the Book of Judges tells of Samson slaying a thousand Philistines with the 'jawbone of an ass' together with the betrayal by Delilah, his loss of strength and capture when his hair was cut and and his eventual death by pulling down the pillars. [No Reserve]

BRUNFELS, Otto (ca 1489-1534). Herbarum vivae eicones ad naturae imitationem -Novi Herbarii tomus II -De vera herbarum cognitione appendix. Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1532-1531 [vol. II second colophon: 14 February 1532]. Two volumes bound in one (the appendix added to vol.II), 2υo (287 x 188 mm). Vol. I: Title within woodcut allegorical border, 4- and 5-part borders to several pages, woodcut arms of Strassburg, ornamental and historiated initials, head- and tailpieces, 86 woodcuts of plants by Hans Weiditz, ALL COLORED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND; vol. II: Title within woodcut allegorical border, 4- part border on 2 pages, 49 woodcut illustrations by Weidnitz ALL COLORED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND. (A4 in volume I bound after b4, lacking blanks b4 and G6 in the first volume and H4 and S6 in the second, small stain in lower margin of first title and first text leaf, some leaves lightly browned, occasional minor staining.) 18th-century mottled calf gilt, edges gilt (rebacked preserving original gilt spine panels, repairs to corners, some slight drying). Provenance: Johannes Beusler (early ownership inscription on title); Jean Charles Patin (1817 inscription on front flyleaf noting that he is a native of Manneville and currently farming in Bèzu-la-Forêt); acquired from William Schatzki, 1971. A FINELY COLORED COPY of the second edition of volume I (the first was 1530) and FIRST EDITION OF VOLUME TWO OF THE FIRST BOTANICAL BOOK TO CONTAIN REALISTIC AND ACCURATE ILLUSTRATIONS. Referred to as "the first great mind in modern botany" (Hunt), Brunfels' most revolutionary contribution was his choice of artist to accurately portray these "living portraits of plants." The magnificent woodcuts executed by Weiditz were taken from watercolors drawn directly from nature and delineate botanical details well beyond their known function in the taxonomic literature of the time. The appendix at the end of the second volume contains the first published writings of both Jerome Bock and Leonhardt Fuchs. After Brunfels's death, a third volume was published (1536-39) and was illustrated after different artists. Adams B-2924 and B-2925; Fairfax Murray German 462 (1530 edition); Garrison-Morton 1803; Grolier/Horblit 33a; Hunt 30 (mixed edition); Nissen BBI 257,Ib, IIa and 257,III; Norman 361; Stafleu &Cowan; TL2 852 and 853; Pritzel 1283. Fact and Fantasy 27.

BRUNFELS, Otto (1488-1534). Herbarum vivae eicones ad naturae imitationem - Novi herbarii tomus II - Tomus III . Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1532-1531-1536. (vol. II second colophon: 14 February 1532).

BRUNFELS, Otto (1488-1534). Herbarum vivae eicones ad naturae imitationem - Novi herbarii tomus II - Tomus III. Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1532-1531-1536. (vol. II second colophon: 14 February 1532). 3 volumes in one, 2o (309 x 204 mm). Vol. I: Title within woodcut allegorical border, 4- and 5-part borders to several pages, woodcut arms of Strassburg, ornamental and historiated initials, head- and tailpieces, 86 woodcuts of plants by Hans Weiditz, COLORED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND (title repaired on verso, some marginal dampstaining, a few blank corners or margins repaired touching a few letters); vol. II: Title within woodcut allegorical border, 4- part border on 2 pages, 49 woodcut illustrations by Weidnitz mostly COLORED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND (light marginal dampstaining); vol. III: 104 woodcut illustrations by Weidnitz a few colored by hand. Late 19th-century vellum. Provenance: Cresp (lotting ticket, sale Sotheby's London, 17 November 1919, lot 207); Gloucestershire, The Hartland Library (bookplates). Second edition of vol. I and FIRST EDITIONS OF VOL. II AND III. After publication of the first volume of Herbarum vivae icones in 1530, Brunfels continued working on it, and published the second volume in 1532. It contains a further 47 new woodcuts by Weiditz, plus two which had appeared in vol. I. The appendix to volume II contains works by other authors, including Brunfels's contemporaries Bock and Fuchs; their contributions here are their first botanical publications. Adams B-2924 and B-2925; Hunt 30 (a mixed edition); Nissen BBI 257 Ib, IIa and 257 III; Stafleu & Cowan 852, 853.