Live auction - Lot 918
[Reynaert]
Speculum vitae aulicae. De admirabili fallacia et astutia vulpeculae Reinikes libri quatuor, nunc primum ex idiomate Germanico latinitate donati, adiectis elegantissimis iconibus [...].
Frankfurt a M., N. Bassee for S. Feyerabend, 1574 (col.: 1575)
€ 800 / 1.000
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Lot description
12mo: [20]-506 (= 486)-[20] pp. (lacking final blank; toned, some spotting and staining).
18th-c. half leather, gilt spine on 4 raised bands, marbl. endpapers (rubbed, head and tail def.). Good copy.
2nd edition (1st 1567) of the Latin version of the Reynaert by the German humanist Schopper (1542-1595). Ill. with 52 woodcuts by Jost Amman after Virgil Solis (incl. 8 repeats). Woodcut marks on title and at the end. Ref. VD-16 R-1013. - Menke (Bibl. Reinardiana) II.Bb.2. - Hollstein (German) II:8-57. - STC German (BL) 735 ("1757"). - Not in Adams.