Geschichte Der Holzschneidekunst Von Den Altesten Bis Auf Des Neuesten Zeiten Nebst Zwei

by Joseph Heller

$400 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Bamberg: Carl Friedrich Kunz, 1823. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 457, 2 ; 11 plates 6 folding and numerous illustrations throughout the text; somewhat later half black cloth and marbled paper-covered boards, the spine gilt; the boards rubbed, with some wear to extremities, but overall very good. An important early history of woodcuts. One of the best German works on xylography, with a history of the origin of playing cards Bigmore and Wyman I, p. 322 .

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