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Artistisches Magazin: enthaltend das Leben und die Verzeichnisse der Werke hiesiger und anderer Künstler; nebst einem Anhang von allem, was in öffentlichen und Privat-Gebäuden der Stadt Frankfurt Merkwürdiges von Kunst-Sachen, Naturalien-Sammlungen, Bibliotheken und Münz-Cabineten zu sehen ist; wie auch einem Verzeichnis aller hiesigen Künstler Portraiten; mit einer Menge historischer Nachrichten, so aus ächten Original-Quellen geschöpft sind… Nebst zwey Kupfer-Tafeln
Frankfurt am Main, Johannes Bayrhoffer, 1790A revised edition of the author’s Nachrichten von Franckfurter Künstlern und Kunst-Sachen (Frankfurt am Main 1780), containing in its first part biographical notices of Frankfurt painters, printmakers, sculptors, architects, goldsmiths, and other craftsmen, and in the “Anhang” extensive descriptions of local public and private collections, together with a list of engraved portraits of Frankfurt artists. Hüsgen dedicates the new edition to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, cites one of Goethe’s etchings (”Landschaft mit altem Turm”, 1769), and in the appendix describes the collections in the family home (”bey Frau Rath Goehte, auf dem grosen Hirschgraben”) and mentions nine engraved portraits of Goethe. Although copies are in the principal German libraries, the book is not widely held elsewhere. -
Der Deutsche Peintre-Graveur, oder die deutschen Maler als Kupferstecher nach ihrem Leben und ihren Werken, von dem letzten Viertel des 16. Jahrhunderts bis zum Schluss des 18. Jahrhunderts
Leipzig, Alexander Danz, 1872-1878Five volumes (24 cm), I (1872): xiv, (2) 448 pp. II (1872): (6) 424 (2) pp. III (1872): (6), 393 (1) pp. IV (1874): (6) 370 pp. V (1878): (8) 412 pp. Uniformly bound in contemporary dark brown half-morocco, top edges gilt. - In this set, volumes I-III are reprints of the original editions (1864-1866), newly edited by R. Weigel; volumes IV-V are in original editions. ¶ Provenance: E.P. Goldschmidt (1887-1954); sale by Christie's, The stock and reference library of E.P. Goldschmidt and Co. Ltd, London, 8-9 July 1993, lot 292. Very good copy. -
Albrecht Dürer
Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1943Two volumes (30.5 cm), I (The life and art of Albert Dürer): x (2), 311 (1) pp., including frontispiece, text illustrations. Addenda slip loosely inserted. II (Handlist, concordances, and illustrations): xxxvi, 206 (2) pp., frontispiece, 325 illustrations. 1734 catalogue entries. Uniform publisher’s black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, and Dürer’s monogram stamped in gilt on upper covers. - First edition of this classic work, with the “Handlist” and “Concordance” omitted in the fourth (1955) and later editions. The prints (nos. 108-456) are organised by medium, then by whether listed by Bartsch and Passavant (or not), and again by subject matter. See Jeffrey Chipps Smith, “Panofsky’s Dürer” in Dürer, l’Italia e l’Europa, edited by Sybille Ebert-Schifferer and Kristina Herrmann-Fiore (Milan 2011), pp.186-193. ¶ Good copy. -
Die Malerfamilie Holbein in Basel (catalogue of an exhibition held in the Kunstmuseum, Basel, 4 June-25 September 1960)
Basel, Werner & Bischoff, 1960(24 cm), 352 pp., with numerous text illustrations, 104 p. of plates, 12 leaves of advertisements. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. ¶ Lamination on wrappers peeling from spine, as often. Good, unmarked copy. -
Die Handzeichnungen von Matthaeus Merian d. Ae. § Das Druckgraphische Werk von Matthaeus Merian d. Ae. Bd. 1. Einzelblätter und Blattfolgen. Unter Berücksichtigung der fraglichen und falschen Zuschreibungen sowie mit einem Verzeichnis der neu aufgefundenen Handzeichnungen § Bd. 2. Die weniger bekannten Bücher und Buchillustrationen
Basel, Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1963-1972Three volumes (25 cm), I (1963): 115 pp., [55] leaves of plates. II (1966): xx, 245 pp., 409 illustrations. III (1972): 189 pp., 104 illustrations. Uniform publisher’s cloth, pictorial dust jackets. - Catalogue raisonné of the drawings and paintings, single-sheet prints and “minor” book illustrations of Matthaeus Merian the Elder (1593-1650). In the last volume, nos. 1-56 describe the books published by Merian containing illustrations produced by himself, as well as those by other artists; nos. 57a-108 describe books illustrated with etchings by Merian and published by others; nos. 109-37 describe books issued by Merian’s heirs as including the works by Merian, but which are not now considered to contain any illustrations by him or his followers. The final two chapters are devoted to books listed in Merian’s catalogues which Wuthrich has been unable to trace, and books containing illustrations with doubtful attributions to Merian. Two further volumes treating “Die großen Buchpublikationen” (biblical, historical, and topographical illustrations) have since been published (Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, 1993-1996). ¶ Very good, unmarked copies. -
Die Buchholzschnitte des Hans Schäufelein : ein bibliographisches Verzeichnis ihrer Verwendungen, 2. Auflage (Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte, 340-341)
Baden-Baden & Strasbourg, Editions P.H. Heitz, 1964Two volumes (24 cm), I (Text): 136 pp. II (Bildband): 173 (3) pp., 296 illustrations. Uniform publisher’s printed wrappers. - Descriptive catalogue of 854 woodcut book illustrations produced by Hans Leonhard Schäufelein (1480-1540), with bibliographical descriptions of the books in which they appeared. ¶ As new. -
Hans Burgkmair; Studien zu Leben und Werk des Augsburger Malers (Bruckmanns Beiträge zur Kunstwissenschaft)
Munich, F. Bruckmann, 1968(26 cm), 165 (1) pp., with 48 illustrations (pp.129-160). Publisher’s printed wrappers. ¶ Wrappers rubbed. Very good, unmarked copy. -
Baroque in Bohemia : an exhibition of Czech art organised by the National Gallery, Prague (catalogue of an exhibition sponsored by the Arts Council of Great Britain and held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 10 July-14 September 1969; and City Museum Art Gallery, Birmingham, 3 October-30 November 1969)
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1969(24.5 cm), [122] pp., illustrations (some in colour). Errata sheet loosely inserted. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - 172 catalogue entries. ¶ Very good, unmarked copy. -
Albrecht Dürer 1471-1971 (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg, 21 May-1 August 1971)
Munich, Prestel Verlag, 1971(25 cm), 414 pp., [14] leaves of plates (some in colour). Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - 2. Auflage. ¶ Laminate on wrappers peeling, as usual. Very good, unmarked copy. -
Oberrheinische Buchillustration : Inkunabelholzschnitte aus den Beständen der Universitätsbibliothek (catalogue of an exhibition held in Universitätsbibliothek, Basel, 23 May-15 July 1972) § Oberrheinische Buchillustration, 2 : Basler Buchillustration 1500-1545 (catalogue of an exhibition held in Universitätsbibliothek, Basel, 31 March-30 June 1984; Publikationen der Universitätsbibliothek Basel, 5)
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, 1972-1984Two volumes (29.5 cm), I (1974): (2) 147 (1). 223 catalogue entries. Publisher’s cloth, printed lettering-piece. II (1984): lxiii, 813 pp., five illustrations on inserted folded leaves. Errata slip loosely inserted. Publisher’s printed wrappers, plain grey cloth spine. - A monumental survey of book illustration in Basel, with many new attributions, dates, and interpretations. Describes works by the Master DS (Daniel Schwegler?), Urs Graf, Hans and Ambrosius Holbein, Konrad Schnitt, the Master GZ, Hans Franck, Franz Gerster, Hans Herbster, and others; also surveys anonymous works including single-leaf prints. First edition of volume I (reprinted in 1983, as ISBN 9783859530133). ¶ Excellent, unmarked set, with minimal traces of use and no marks of ownership. -
Dürer through other eyes : his graphic work mirrored in copies and forgeries of three centuries (catalogue of an exhibition held at Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, 14 March-15 June 1975)
Williamstown, MA, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1975(27 cm), 99 (1) pp., illustrations. 49 catalogue entries. Errata sheet loosely inserted. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - “Useful catalogue” (from a review in The Burlington Magazine, volume 117, July 1975, p.492). ¶ Light shelf wear. -
Lukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik. Zweite Auflage (catalogue of an exhibition held in the Kunstmuseum, Basel, 15 June-8 September 1974)
Basel & Stuttgart, Birkhäuser Verlag, 1975-1976Two volumes (24 cm), 844 pp. (consecutively paginated), 25 colour, 242 text illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Ambitious exhibition of about 130 paintings, 50 drawings and more than 200 engravings by Cranach, his workshop and his sons, Hans and Lucas. “Cranach-Buchgraphik der Reformationszeit” (pp.307-399). ¶ Fine copy. -
Kupferstiche und Radierungen aus der Werkstatt des Virgil Solis
Wiesbaden, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1977(29 cm), xii, 240 (4) pp., frontispiece, 181 plates with 1295 illustrations. Publisher’s cloth, pictorial dust jacket. - Catalogue of over 1000 etchings and engravings produced by Solis and nine assistants (four of whom were his own sons), mostly prints of ornament, and of these the majority specifically for goldsmiths and jewellers. ¶ Lamination on dust jacket starting to peel, two tears (each 1-2 cm); internally a fresh, unmarked copy. -
Hans Sebald Beham : the collection of prints formed by Gordon Nowell-Usticke (catalogue for an auction conducted by Christie's, London, 28 June 1978)
London, Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd, 1978(25.5 cm), 105 pp. (1 folded), illustrations. Price list loosely inserted. Publisher’s printed boards. - Catalogue of a collection of prints by Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550) and his family assembled by Captain Gordon Wright Nowell-Usticke (1894-1978), an Englishman long resident in the United States. The sale realised £62,675, with 1% unsold (sale report in The Times, 29 June 1978, p.20; James Roundell, “Hans Sebald Beham Prints from the Nowell-Usticke Collection” in Christie's review of the season – 1978, London 1978, p.123). Nowell-Usticke's collection of Rembrandt prints was dispersed at Parke-Bernet, on 31 October and 1 November 1967, 30 April 1968, and 6 May 1969. ¶ Minor shelf wear; otherwise a very good, unmarked copy. -
Niklaus Manuel Deutsch : Maler – Dichter – Staatsmann (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Kunstmuseum Bern, 22 September-2 December 1979)
Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern, 1979(25 × 18 cm), xii, 554 pp., plus [104] leaves of plates (some in colour). Publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. - A voluminous catalogue devoted to Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484-1530) and to art in Bern around 1500. Prominence is given to his drawn oeuvre (some ninety sheets, most preserved in the Kunstmuseum in Basel), including fine clair-obscur studies and designs for stained glass. ¶ Excellent, unmarked copy. -
Catalogue of early German and Flemish woodcuts preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
London & Vaduz, British Museum Publications Limited / Quarto Press, 1980Two volumes (25 cm), I: x (2), 568 pp., 15 leaves of plates. II: viii (2), 450; 38 (2) pp., 21 leaves of plates. Uniform publisher’s cloth. - Facsimile reprint of Dodgson’s catalogue of German woodcuts 1501-1550 in the British Museum (London 1903-1911), a continuation of Willshire’s descriptive catalogue of early German and Flemish prints in the British Museum (published 1879-1883). Also reprinted are Adalbert Lauter’s separately printed index and concordance to Schreiber (Munich: Verlag der Münchner Drucke, 1925). ¶ Excellent copy. -
Hans Baldung Grien : Prints & drawings… With three essays on Baldung and his art (catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 25 January-5 April 1981; and at Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 23 April-14 June 1981)
New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, 1981(28 cm), xiv, 281 (1) pp., illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Exhibition of prints and selected drawings of Hans Baldung Grien, one of the most compelling artists of the German Renaissance and Dürer’s most distinguished pupil. Three essays (by Alan Shestack, Charles W. Talbot, and Linda C. Hults) place the artist’s work in context. ¶ Fine, unmarked copy. -
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki : Das druckgraphische Werk : Die Sammlung Wilhelm Burggraf zu Dohna-Schlobitten. Ein Bildband mit 2340 Abbildungen in Ergänzung zum Werkverzeichnis von Wilhelm Engelmann
Hannover, Verlag Galerie J.H. Bauer, 1982(31.5 cm), xiii (3), 352 pp. Publisher’s cloth, pictorial dust jacket. - Catalogue of 2,043 prints by, 48 after, the German printmaker Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (1726-1801), based on the collection of Wilhelm Heinrich Maximilian, Burggraf zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1773-1845). It serves as a concordance to Wilhelm Engelmann’s Catalogue raisonné (1857; Nachträge, by Gustav Parthey, 1859-1860). First edition. ¶ Pencil ownership inscription of Jörg Schäfer on pastedown; his sale, by Zisska & Kistner, Auktion 30, Munich, 28-31 October 1997, lot 2282. Fine copy. -
Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540-1680 : a selection from North American collections (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 3 October-21 November 1982; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 27 January-11 April 1983; and Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 23 Apri-19 June 1983)
Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum, 1982(28 cm), xiv, 237 (1) pp., 120 illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Exhibition of 88 drawings by 64 artists, accompanied by a long historical introduction by Kaufmann (pp.3-30). Detailed review by Joaneath A. Spicer, in Master Drawings, volume 22 (1984), pp.320-328. ¶ Very good, unmarked copy. -
Nuremberg: a Renaissance city, 1500-1618 (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Archer M. Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, [1983])
Austin, University of Texas, 1983(31 cm), xiv, 322 pp., illustrations. Publisher’s cloth, pictorial dust jacket. - A very useful book, particularly strong in the graphic arts, discussing 213 works by forty-six different artists (the last major artist treated is Christoph Jamnitzer, who died in 1618). The great majority are prints and illustrated books, lent by North American collections, supplemented by twenty-one works loaned by museums in Nuremberg. ¶ Fine, unmarked copy.
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