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HANS BALDUNG GRIEN
Frag und Antwurt der Zehen Gebott:Wie man
die halte sol . . .
by Marquard von Lindau.
Bound volume with Latin text and 10 half-
page woodcuts, 1520. 268x185 mm; 10
1
/
2
x7
1
/
4
inches (sheets), wide margins. Published by
Johannes Gruningern, Strassburg. Early full
vellum binding with Latin text in ink on the
covers. Very good impressions of these
exceedingly scarce woodcuts illustrating the
Ten Commandments.
We have found only 3 other copies of this
work in public collections (Bibliothèque
Nationale, Paris; Universitäts Erfurt, Gotha;
and the British Library, London) and none
at auction in the past 25 years.
[5,000/8,000]
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ALBRECHT ALTDORFER
The Great Altar with the Virgin
.
Woodcut, 1520. 295x211 mm; 11
5
/
8
x8
1
/
4
inches, small margins. Loss left margin,
outside and not affecting the image.
With—LEONARD BECK.
A Prioress
Saint
, woodcut. 233x213 mm; 9
1
/
4
x8
1
/
4
inches. Ex-collection Friedrich August II
(Lugt 971, lower right recto); and Dr.Albert
W. Blum (Lugt 796, verso). Bartsch 50 and
82 (as Burgkmaier).
[1,200/1,800]
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