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440 Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
A.—Aumiiller. “ Les Petits Maitres Allemands. i. B. et H. S.
Beham,” 72-91.
S.—Seidlitz. Meyer’s “ Kiinstler-Lexicon,” iii, 329-334.
Pauli.—See above.
H.—Heller. “ Leben und Werke A. Diirers,” Bd. n. (quoted for
woodcuts formerly attributed to Diirer).
BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY BEHAM.
A.—In the Department of Prints and Drawings.
1. [BEHAM.] Biblisch | Historien, Figiirlich | fiirgebildet, Durch
| den wolberumpten Se | bald Behem, von [ Niiremberg. | (Monogram.) [
Zu Franckfurt, am Me.yn, Bei Christian Egenolph. (At end) m.d.
xxxiij. 4to.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1899.
The first edition of Bebam’s Old Testament woodcuts, which a?e here printed back
to back, with no letterpress except a brief description of each subject in German and a
reference to book and chapter. A very rare edition, perfect copies of which are known
elsewhere only at Coburg and Gottingen; it is also fuund, cut up, at Oxford and
Cambridge.
In addition to the title-page, Pauli 271, the book contains eighty small cuts,
Pauli 277-356, of O.T. subjects, with the four Evangelists and St. Paul at the end.
Brilliant impressions throughout.
2. [BEPIAM.] Biblicae | Historiae, mag s [ no artificio depi- | ctse, &
utilitatis publicte | causa latinis Epigramma = | tibus a Georgio PEmy = |
lio illustratm. | (Monogram,) [ Cum Cses. Maiestatis priuilegio, Franco-
forti | Christianus Egenolphus excudebat. (At end) D.M. xxxix. 4to.
Purchased from Herr Gutekunst, 1871.
The twelfth edition, containing the same cuts, with the addition of the two figures
with the names Jehovah and Adonai, Pauli 273, 271, and at the end Egenolph’s device,
a flaming heart on a round altar, with the skull of an ox in front [35 x 25], Pauli 1355.
3. [BEHAM.] Imaginum | in Apocalypsi Johannis De- | scriptio . . .
Autore | Georgio Aemilio. j Franc. Chr. Egen. (At end) Francoforti
Christianus Egenolphus [ excudebat. Anno 1540. | Mense Martio.
Purchased from Herr Gutekunst, 1874.
Cuts : on the title-page, Egenolph’s device, Pauli 1355, in the second state, with the
skull cut out; in the text, tweuty-six cuts of subjects from the Apocalypse [67 X 73],
Pauli 833-858, This is the third edition of Beham’s Apocaiypse series, iirst published
in 1539.
Doubtful Cuts.
4. [BECKER.] Hans Sachs im Gewande seiner Zeit. Got.ha, 1821.
(1) Leaf xviii. Nachred, das greulich Laster. Pauli 1428.
The poet, sitting under a lime tree, beholds a vision of Slander, whicli
is interpreted to him by a herald. Slander, or Evil Report, is a crow'ned
woman with wings of peacocks’ feathers, her twisted liair ending in
snakes, her left breast wounded. She holds a knife behind her back, and
carries in her r. hand a poisoned cup; she drags behind her, by a cord
A.—Aumiiller. “ Les Petits Maitres Allemands. i. B. et H. S.
Beham,” 72-91.
S.—Seidlitz. Meyer’s “ Kiinstler-Lexicon,” iii, 329-334.
Pauli.—See above.
H.—Heller. “ Leben und Werke A. Diirers,” Bd. n. (quoted for
woodcuts formerly attributed to Diirer).
BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY BEHAM.
A.—In the Department of Prints and Drawings.
1. [BEHAM.] Biblisch | Historien, Figiirlich | fiirgebildet, Durch
| den wolberumpten Se | bald Behem, von [ Niiremberg. | (Monogram.) [
Zu Franckfurt, am Me.yn, Bei Christian Egenolph. (At end) m.d.
xxxiij. 4to.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1899.
The first edition of Bebam’s Old Testament woodcuts, which a?e here printed back
to back, with no letterpress except a brief description of each subject in German and a
reference to book and chapter. A very rare edition, perfect copies of which are known
elsewhere only at Coburg and Gottingen; it is also fuund, cut up, at Oxford and
Cambridge.
In addition to the title-page, Pauli 271, the book contains eighty small cuts,
Pauli 277-356, of O.T. subjects, with the four Evangelists and St. Paul at the end.
Brilliant impressions throughout.
2. [BEPIAM.] Biblicae | Historiae, mag s [ no artificio depi- | ctse, &
utilitatis publicte | causa latinis Epigramma = | tibus a Georgio PEmy = |
lio illustratm. | (Monogram,) [ Cum Cses. Maiestatis priuilegio, Franco-
forti | Christianus Egenolphus excudebat. (At end) D.M. xxxix. 4to.
Purchased from Herr Gutekunst, 1871.
The twelfth edition, containing the same cuts, with the addition of the two figures
with the names Jehovah and Adonai, Pauli 273, 271, and at the end Egenolph’s device,
a flaming heart on a round altar, with the skull of an ox in front [35 x 25], Pauli 1355.
3. [BEHAM.] Imaginum | in Apocalypsi Johannis De- | scriptio . . .
Autore | Georgio Aemilio. j Franc. Chr. Egen. (At end) Francoforti
Christianus Egenolphus [ excudebat. Anno 1540. | Mense Martio.
Purchased from Herr Gutekunst, 1874.
Cuts : on the title-page, Egenolph’s device, Pauli 1355, in the second state, with the
skull cut out; in the text, tweuty-six cuts of subjects from the Apocalypse [67 X 73],
Pauli 833-858, This is the third edition of Beham’s Apocaiypse series, iirst published
in 1539.
Doubtful Cuts.
4. [BECKER.] Hans Sachs im Gewande seiner Zeit. Got.ha, 1821.
(1) Leaf xviii. Nachred, das greulich Laster. Pauli 1428.
The poet, sitting under a lime tree, beholds a vision of Slander, whicli
is interpreted to him by a herald. Slander, or Evil Report, is a crow'ned
woman with wings of peacocks’ feathers, her twisted liair ending in
snakes, her left breast wounded. She holds a knife behind her back, and
carries in her r. hand a poisoned cup; she drags behind her, by a cord