[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce 1599 Jost. AMMAN's Kunstbuchlin with 289 full-page woodcuts, mostly of horses

[Charles Agvent]

[EMBLEM BOOK] AMMAN, Jost. KUNSTBUCHLIN: DARINNEN NEBEN FURBILDUNG 
VIELER GEISTLICHER UNND WELTLICHER HOHES UND NIDERSTANDS PERSONEN... 
Frankfurt & Main: Johann Feyrabends, 1599. Small quarto (5-1/2" x 
7-1/2") bound in early vellum; [1] 144 pages. Illustrated with 289 (of 
293, lacking Kk3 & Kk4) full-page woodcuts, nearly half of them 
depicting horses with or without riders, many of whom bear arms. The 
others depict a variety of subjects including kings, warriors, 
ecclesiastical figures, Turks in costume, mythological and allegorical 
figures, tradespeople, musicians, armorial escutcheons, etc. Laid in at 
the rear is the title page of Amman's 1580 First Edition KUNNST UND 
LEHRBUECHLEIN along with two engravings from that edition. A superb 
collection of this prolific master's woodcuts, some of the finest 
produced in the Renaissance. Born in Zurich, he established himself in 
Nuremberg where he continued in the manner of Durer. Adams A-969; 
Graesse I, 103. The title page and the two text leaves silked. The 
plates have an occasional finger smudge but are much cleaner than one 
would expect from a model book designed for use by artists. Small 
repaired hole in the bottom blank margin of one page. Only three copies 
of this title have sold at auction in the last 25 years; all three were 
defective. This copy matches the most recent title sold in completeness, 
the Walpole-Beckford copy which sold at Christie's in 1996. Only one 
other copy, complete but washed, is currently on the market and at twice 
the price of ours.  Very Good copy of a scarce book with intriguing 
plates. 		$9,500.00

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