Lot 694
U. v. Richental, Das Concilium. So zu Constantz gehalten ist worden. Augsburg 1536.
Estimate
€ 1.500
Starting Price
€ 1.000
Lot:
694
Category:
Old prints up to 1600
Artist:
Ulrich von Richenthal
Richenthal, Ulrich von: Das Concilium. So zu Constantz gehalten ist worden, des jars do man zalt von der geburdt unsers erlösers M.CCCC.XIII. Jar. Augsburg: H. Steiner 1536. 29,5 x 20 cm. With a title woodcut, 38 (of 41) full-page text woodcuts and numerous coat-of-arms woodcuts. 211 (of 215) numbered leaves, 1 blank leaf. Half-pigskin binding with blind-stamped decoration on four bands, featuring a handwritten title on the spine and the remains of two clas
(Worn, bumped, soiled and stained. Damage to the binding at the edges and covers. Pages B⁵, C³, H⁵ and V⁶ are missing. Title page bears a handwritten owner’s note. Narrow watermarks, minor wormholes, some staining or fingerprints. Two heraldic woodcuts have been coloured. The final pages show marginal discolouration.)
VD16 R 2202. Lipperheide Cg 26. Dodgson II, 110, 8. Muther 1109. - Second edition of the famous chronicle of the Council of Constance (1414–1418), written by Ulrich von Richenthal, a contemporary witness from Constance. The woodcuts in the Steiner edition closely follow the incunabulum edition of 1483; they are attributed to the circle of Jörg Breu the Elder and depict the events of the Council. Furthermore, the book provides a heraldic register of the nobles, secular and ecclesiastical princes present from across Europe.
(Worn, bumped, soiled and stained. Damage to the binding at the edges and covers. Pages B⁵, C³, H⁵ and V⁶ are missing. Title page bears a handwritten owner’s note. Narrow watermarks, minor wormholes, some staining or fingerprints. Two heraldic woodcuts have been coloured. The final pages show marginal discolouration.)
VD16 R 2202. Lipperheide Cg 26. Dodgson II, 110, 8. Muther 1109. - Second edition of the famous chronicle of the Council of Constance (1414–1418), written by Ulrich von Richenthal, a contemporary witness from Constance. The woodcuts in the Steiner edition closely follow the incunabulum edition of 1483; they are attributed to the circle of Jörg Breu the Elder and depict the events of the Council. Furthermore, the book provides a heraldic register of the nobles, secular and ecclesiastical princes present from across Europe.