[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce Emblem Book with many images depicting horses: Amman: KUNSTBUCHLIN, 1599

[Charles Agvent]

[EMBLEM BOOK] AMMAN, Jost. KUNSTBUCHLIN: DARINNEN NEBEN FURBILDUNG 
VIELER GEISTLICHER UNND WELTLICHER HOHES UND NIDERSTANDS PERSONEN... 
Frankfurt & Main: Johann Feyrabends, 1599. Fourth Edition. Small quarto 
(5-1/2" x 7-1/2") bound in early vellum; [1] 144 pages. Title in red and 
black with large woodcut printer's device. 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; Brunet I, 234; Fairfax Murray German 36; 
Graesse I, 103. Only a handful of copies of this title have sold at 
auction in the last 25 years. This copy matches in completeness the 
Walpole-Beckford copy which sold at Christie's in 1996. 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. Very Good copy of a scarce book with intriguing plates.

This famous work of patterns for artists was first published in 1578 
with only 108 woodcuts. This is the most complete of the early editions. 
(#012110)        $9,500.00

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