Live auction - Lot 315
[German]
Jacob and Esau.
Augsburg, 1514
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Woodcut, 25,5 x 17,2 cm, laid paper, signed with emblem in plate at upper right side, generous margins (sl. toned at lower right edge).
Stuck by upper corners under passe-partout.
Title-page illustration to Johann Eck's "Chrysopasus", publ. in Augsburg by Johann Miller in 1514, showing the two old testament figures in a ornamental antique-style archway, which bears the publication's title on top.
Ref. Metzger 155. - German Hollstein 149.