[Woodcut illustrations] - 16 woodcuts on 12 ff., end 15th-begin.
Estimation :
200 / 250
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
16th c. From books, with text on verso, some picturing characters with books. Various sizes (trimmed to the borderline), some handcol. Stuck by upper corners under passe-partout. [Knight presenting a book to two ladies]; German text below and on verso, from an edit. of Brandt's "Das Narrenschiff" according to a note. Margins dampst. - [Group of men examining a book]; monogr. "H.B.", German text on verso, 2 copies, 1 handcol. - [A King, a nobleman and a scholar presenting a book] with on verso another woodcut; both handcol., German text around. Leaf folded, some stains. - [The Virgin holding a book surrounded by saints]; Latin text on verso. - [Cicero and Scipio Affricanus reading books]; handcol., German text above and on verso. - [Standard-bearer] with on verso another similar woodcut; both monogr. "I.K.". Upper right corner dam. - [Biblical scene]; Dutch text on verso. - [Ship of fools]; Latin text on verso. Upper left corner defect. - 6 other pcs, recto verso on 3 leaves; partly handcol., German text. One tear, some stains.
