1514 LIVY - POST INCUNABULA Woodcut BATTLE SCENE - Publius Decius Mus
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:1238331 | Date of Creation: Pre-1800 |
| Style: Medieval | Listed By: Dealer or Reseller |
| Subject: Military & Political | Originality: Original |
| Year: 1514 | Print Surface: Paper |
1514 LIVY - POST INCUNABULA woodcut BATTLE SCENE - Publius Decius Mus 1514 LIVY - POST INCUNABULA woodcut BATTLE SCENE - Publius Decius Mus Publius Decius Mus, son of Quintus, of the plebeian gens Decia, was a Roman consul in 340 BC. He is noted particularly for sacrificing himself in battle through the ritual of devotio, as recorded by the Augustan historian Livy.Superb POST-INCUNABULA woodcut leaf w...ith woodcut initial and large woodcut view.From LIVIUS, Titus (59 B.C.-17 A.D.). Romische Historie usz Tito livio gezogen. Translated from Latin into German by Bernhard Schöfferlin and Ivo Wittich. Mainz: Johannes Schoeffer, 1514.Gothic type. 28.6 x 20.1 cmWoodcut of the highest quality for the period and reflected in their excellence and deep impression.Light spotting to leaf.This edition was the most copiously illustrated book in early Mainz printing. Although the woodcuts resemble the work of the Late Master of the Grüninger workshop, who illustrated Grüninger's 1502 Virgil, they are probably not from that atelier, since Grüninger's own edition of this translation of Livy, published in 1507, used a different series of illustrations by the Grüninger Master himself. (see Adams L-1357; BM STC German p. 521; Muther 645; Roth, Die Mainzer Buchdruckerfamilie Schoeffer (1898) 16, 2. (2)).Excellent impression on thick velin paper. ITEMS CAN BE RETURNED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT. Parcels are sent by ROYAL MAIL POST. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO COMBINE PURCHASES AT NO EXTRA CHARGE !!! FREE REGISTERED shipping if the total value of your order exceeds US$150 !!!PLEASE BROWSE OUR SITE BY CLICKING THIS LINK
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