Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 203

 
Johannes Meder - Quadragesimale. Basel 1495. (63)


203
Johannes Meder
Quadragesimale. Basel 1495. (63)
Estimate:
€ 800 / $ 856
Sold:
€ 1,140 / $ 1,219

(incl. surcharge)
[Meder, Joh., Quadragesimale de filio prodigo]. With 12 fullpage woodcuts in the text (of 18). [Basel, M. Furter 1495]. Late half vellum. 8vo. 196 (of 232) non-numb. ll. Gothic type, alternating 1-2 cols., occasionally rubricated.
Hain/Cop. 13628. - Goff M 421. - BMC III, 783. - Schramm XXII, 43. - Hieronymus I, 59. - First edition with the expressive woodcuts that are similar to the Ship of Fools, after Winkler the best works from the artist's circle around Dürer. - Mixed copy, a total of 24 ll. from a different copy have been added (those rubricated and cropped closer). First quires a-c and 8 ll. Tabula, also the ll. d/1, i/8, z/1 and the ladt blank l. missing. - Each woodcut with an old library stamp, the quires that have been added are partly detached. Waterstained in places and slightly stained in places (first l. and woodcut stronger).
First edition. With 12 (of 18) woodcuts of the famous series. Mod. half vellum. 24 leaves supplied from another copy (these rubricated and cropped close). - 196 (of 232) nn. leaves. Lacking the first quires a-c and 8 leaves "Tabula", also leaves d/1, i/8, z/1 and the last blank. - Woodcuts with old library stamp, the supplied leaves partly detached. Waterstaining in places, here and there slight staining (first leaf with woodcut stronger).




203
Johannes Meder
Quadragesimale. Basel 1495. (63)
Estimate:
€ 800 / $ 856
Sold:
€ 1,140 / $ 1,219

(incl. surcharge)