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Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part I.
G 4.
BIBLIA PAUPEBUiM.
Three folios (33-35, signatures tt> 0, * p ♦, of the seconcl alphabet) of
another edition of the same blockbook. These folios agree, as regards
the presence or absence of shading on the columns, with those of the
5th edition of Sotheby. There is no hatching in the drapery, in which
hooked folds abound. The drapery is better drawn than the faces and
extremities of the figures. The edition has been identified by Schr. with
that of which he gives a specimen in two states, pl. xxxix-xl. He
considers this to be the earliest of the editions represented among his
facsimiles, though not actually the original edition.
[It and u 262 X 192, • p • 256 X 193.] Watermark: none on u, on 0 a small inverted
anchor, surmounted by an orb and oi oss, on • J) • a larger and broader an hor of different
shape. Neither of these agrees exactlv with auy of Sotheby’s facsimiles.
iThe impressions are early a.nd sharp, and the paper is in oxoellent condition Parta
of the drapery, scrolls, etc., have been coloured yellow, but the eolour has been nearly
washed away, and the ink of the impression has somewhat suffered in the process.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
f BIBLTA PAUPERUM.
(Beproduction.) W.—D 4.
Proof, taken in 1853, of the facsimile of sig. a, from tlie copv of the blockbook
formerly in the possession ot' Mr. Lea Wilson and afferwards of Lord Yernon. See
Sotheby, “Princ. Typ.” ii, 51, pl. Ixvi (Heinecken’s first edition ; Sotheby calls itacopy
of the sixth, and places it among the German editions. It belomrs to tlie same edition
as Schreiber’s pl. xliv; this is in his opinion the latest of the editions prcduced in the
Netherlands).
[263 X 196.] Preseuted by Mr. S. Leigli Sotheby.
f BIBLIA PAUPEBUM.
(Beproduction.) W.—D 5.
Woodcut copy of sig. t, from some edition of the Biblia Pauperum. Sotheby,
vol. ii, p. 54, pl. lxviii, gives a faesimile of this wondeut copy, which itself is obviousiy
worthless as a reproduction. Sotheby did not know its origin, but it is doubtless one
of the copies whicli John Bagford had made for the abortive history of priuting for
which he issued proposais in 1707 (see p. 126). An impression of this cut on thin paper
of the size of the volume, and bound rrp wiih it, will be found in a volume of the-
Bagford miscellany, in the Dept. of Printed Books (Harl. 5934, no. 99). Two other
impressions, cut smaller, are inserted in the same volume (uos. 36 and 62).
[258 x 178.] From the Cracherode c dlection.
f BIBLIA PAUPEBUM.
(Beproductions.) W.—D 6-7.
Two impressions of a woodcut copy [253 X 187] of sig. tf, from some edition of the
Biblia Pauperum. Another of Bagford’s copies. It will be foun 1 in Ilarl. 5934,
no. 100. One of these impressions was transferred from that volume in 1814.
f BIBLIA PAUPEBUM.
(Beproduction.) W.— D 8.
Pen-and-iuk drawing of the designs (omitting the inscriptions) on sig. 3 of the
second alpliabet of the edition of the blockbook to whicli C 2 belongs. Again one of
Bagf'ord’s copies.
[265 X 195.] Transferred from the Dept. of MSS. (Harl. 5934) in 1S14.
Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part I.
G 4.
BIBLIA PAUPEBUiM.
Three folios (33-35, signatures tt> 0, * p ♦, of the seconcl alphabet) of
another edition of the same blockbook. These folios agree, as regards
the presence or absence of shading on the columns, with those of the
5th edition of Sotheby. There is no hatching in the drapery, in which
hooked folds abound. The drapery is better drawn than the faces and
extremities of the figures. The edition has been identified by Schr. with
that of which he gives a specimen in two states, pl. xxxix-xl. He
considers this to be the earliest of the editions represented among his
facsimiles, though not actually the original edition.
[It and u 262 X 192, • p • 256 X 193.] Watermark: none on u, on 0 a small inverted
anchor, surmounted by an orb and oi oss, on • J) • a larger and broader an hor of different
shape. Neither of these agrees exactlv with auy of Sotheby’s facsimiles.
iThe impressions are early a.nd sharp, and the paper is in oxoellent condition Parta
of the drapery, scrolls, etc., have been coloured yellow, but the eolour has been nearly
washed away, and the ink of the impression has somewhat suffered in the process.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
f BIBLTA PAUPERUM.
(Beproduction.) W.—D 4.
Proof, taken in 1853, of the facsimile of sig. a, from tlie copv of the blockbook
formerly in the possession ot' Mr. Lea Wilson and afferwards of Lord Yernon. See
Sotheby, “Princ. Typ.” ii, 51, pl. Ixvi (Heinecken’s first edition ; Sotheby calls itacopy
of the sixth, and places it among the German editions. It belomrs to tlie same edition
as Schreiber’s pl. xliv; this is in his opinion the latest of the editions prcduced in the
Netherlands).
[263 X 196.] Preseuted by Mr. S. Leigli Sotheby.
f BIBLIA PAUPEBUM.
(Beproduction.) W.—D 5.
Woodcut copy of sig. t, from some edition of the Biblia Pauperum. Sotheby,
vol. ii, p. 54, pl. lxviii, gives a faesimile of this wondeut copy, which itself is obviousiy
worthless as a reproduction. Sotheby did not know its origin, but it is doubtless one
of the copies whicli John Bagford had made for the abortive history of priuting for
which he issued proposais in 1707 (see p. 126). An impression of this cut on thin paper
of the size of the volume, and bound rrp wiih it, will be found in a volume of the-
Bagford miscellany, in the Dept. of Printed Books (Harl. 5934, no. 99). Two other
impressions, cut smaller, are inserted in the same volume (uos. 36 and 62).
[258 x 178.] From the Cracherode c dlection.
f BIBLIA PAUPEBUM.
(Beproductions.) W.—D 6-7.
Two impressions of a woodcut copy [253 X 187] of sig. tf, from some edition of the
Biblia Pauperum. Another of Bagford’s copies. It will be foun 1 in Ilarl. 5934,
no. 100. One of these impressions was transferred from that volume in 1814.
f BIBLIA PAUPEBUM.
(Beproduction.) W.— D 8.
Pen-and-iuk drawing of the designs (omitting the inscriptions) on sig. 3 of the
second alpliabet of the edition of the blockbook to whicli C 2 belongs. Again one of
Bagf'ord’s copies.
[265 X 195.] Transferred from the Dept. of MSS. (Harl. 5934) in 1S14.