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BRANT, SEBASTIAN. 1457-1521. Navis stultifere collectanea. Paris: [de Marnef and J. Badius], 1 July 1513.
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BRANT, SEBASTIAN. 1457-1521.
Navis stultifere collectanea. Paris: [de Marnef and J. Badius], 1 July 1513.
4to (185 x 130 mm). 108 leaves, gothic letter, title printed in red and black with woodcut of the ship of fools and de Marnef's device (Renouard 713-14), a full-page woodcut of the ship of fools on verso, 113 large woodcuts (one full-page) in the text (a few touched with color); 19th century morocco; half morocco slipcase. Leaf 56 with paper/printing flaw and small tear affecting printed area on verso only, leaves 74 and 80 transposed, some light staining, title and some headlines shaved.
Provenance: Robert Redgrave? (monogram R.R. and motto "Otium sine literis mors est" to bookplate).
Later edition with the woodcuts from the first edition of 1494. At least 70 of the illustrations are now attributed to Albrecht Dürer. "The woodcut illustrations created for Das Narrenschiff are of immense density and tenseness. Since there was no iconographical tradition for this newly conceived text, the subjects and scenes of the illustrations had to be created entirely new. The images presented are of such convincing force that their equal in design had never before been seen" (Daniel De Simone, A Heavenly Craft, 2004); see PMM 37.
4to (185 x 130 mm). 108 leaves, gothic letter, title printed in red and black with woodcut of the ship of fools and de Marnef's device (Renouard 713-14), a full-page woodcut of the ship of fools on verso, 113 large woodcuts (one full-page) in the text (a few touched with color); 19th century morocco; half morocco slipcase. Leaf 56 with paper/printing flaw and small tear affecting printed area on verso only, leaves 74 and 80 transposed, some light staining, title and some headlines shaved.
Provenance: Robert Redgrave? (monogram R.R. and motto "Otium sine literis mors est" to bookplate).
Later edition with the woodcuts from the first edition of 1494. At least 70 of the illustrations are now attributed to Albrecht Dürer. "The woodcut illustrations created for Das Narrenschiff are of immense density and tenseness. Since there was no iconographical tradition for this newly conceived text, the subjects and scenes of the illustrations had to be created entirely new. The images presented are of such convincing force that their equal in design had never before been seen" (Daniel De Simone, A Heavenly Craft, 2004); see PMM 37.