Fine Incunabula woodcut showing the a scene from Virgil's Aeneid. This edition from 1502 or thereabouts.
18.5 x 15.7 cm. Fine woodcut with full margins trimmed to edges but showing text to lower margin.
From the Sebastian Brandt edition of Virgil's works, with the woodcut prepared by the Johann Gruninger workshop with a dark rich tone.
Medieval woodcut leaf from the works of Virgil by Sebastian Brandt. This edition is rightly acclaimed for its magnificent series of woodcut illustrations by the anonymous Late Master of the Grüninger Workshop.
Good condition. Text to verso with evidence of earlier mounting. Later hand colour.
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18.5 x 15.7 cm. Fine woodcut with full margins trimmed to edges but showing text to lower margin.
From the Sebastian Brandt edition of Virgil's works, with the woodcut prepared by the Johann Gruninger workshop with a dark rich tone.
Medieval woodcut leaf from the works of Virgil by Sebastian Brandt. This edition is rightly acclaimed for its magnificent series of woodcut illustrations by the anonymous Late Master of the Grüninger Workshop.
Good condition. Text to verso with evidence of earlier mounting. Later hand colour.
Dit unieke product wordt aangeboden op het online platform Catawiki. Bekijk de website en doe een bod
http://www.catawiki.nl/
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