Albrecht Durer's Randzeichnungen zum Gebetbuche des Kaisers Maximilian I nebst den acht Zeichnungen von Anderer Hand
hardcover
Leipzig
by HIRTH, Georg
Leipzig. hardcover. very good(+). 51pp. of color facsimiles, several text illustrations. Thin folio, original blue cloth, spine worn at head and tail, corners bumped. Leipzig, (ca 1882). Very good (+). Number 254 of 400 numbered copies on Buttenpapier, signed by the author. Vol. I of the series Albrecht Durer's Federzeichnungen und Holzschnittwerk, containing the fine imaginative marginal drawings in the Prayer-Book of Maximilian I (1515). The Prayer Book exemplifies Durer's "decorative" style, and his 45 drawings in colored ink were later augmented by Cranach, Burgkmair, Grien, Breu, and possibly Altdorfer. (Inventory #: 57912)