Lot 27: Matthias Ringmann (1482-1511) Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi. 1508

RINGMANN, Matthias (1482-1511) . Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi. Strasbourg: Johann Knobloch, 1508.

A fine woodcut series of the Passion by Urs Graf (c.1485-1528) . Graf's 'subject matter and his experiments with woodcut techniques make him an original and highly imaginative artist' (Grove) . The fourth edittion, following first publication in 1506. Adams R-566; Brunet IV, 421; Hollstein XI, 68-72, nos. 4-27; USTC 683072; VD16 B-4696; M.C. Oldenbourg, 'Die Holzschnitte des Urs Graf zur Passion', Festschrift [fr] Josef Benzing, 1964, pp. 291-310, no.9.

Folio (262 x 197mm) . 25 large woodcuts, 24 by Urs Graf and one by Hans Wechtlin (a few stains, small repair on title, leaf b6 folding presumably to preserve most of the marginalia) . Modern vellum with external stitches, leather ties, manuscript title on upper cover, gilt edges. Provenance: early marginalia – Munich, Royal Library (stamp on title) .

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