Leonhard Beck (1475-1542) Lot n° 2

Leonhard Beck (1475-1542) -Theuerdank -Emperor Maximilian / Description: Rare old colored 'schnorckel schrift' edition used for the first edition on paper right after the on parchment from 1517 distributed by Maximilian to his relatives and court, this is from the first public sets on paper published in the early 16th century, exactly like the parchment edition. Theuerdank in armour firing a cannon. In the foreground at left Ernhold. 'Theuerdank'. one of the most important works of German Renaissance printed in 1517 in Nuremberg: epic poem by Emperor Maximilian I himself! Therein the Kaiser addresses his journey to meet his new bride, Mary of Burgundy, which is embedded in an environment typical for that time – full of adventure and chivalrous virtues. The most important artists of the time, including Hans Burgkmair, Hans Schäufelein, and Leonhard Beck, contributed to the magnificent illustrations in the form of 118 woodcuts. The Augsburg printer Hans Schönesperger, Maximilian’s imperial book printer, produced the work with this specially designed typeface. / Dimensions: 16,00 x 14,00 cm / Condition: Old colored good early impression on watermarked laid paper. In the sheet with the Schnorkel schrift trimmed at the bottom. / Literature: New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700 (294) -----Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (II.124.3.129a)-----Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (7)-----Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.272.132) / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: 1517-1519