AMMAN, JOST.

Kunstbüchlin: Darinnen neben Fürbildung vieler, Geistlicher unnd Weltlicher, Hohes und Niderstands Personen.

Frankfort am Main Johann Feyerabends 1599 Small quarto. (iv), (148) ff. First and only edition. Brunet calls this compilation of wood-engravings "rare et fort curieux." Amman, whose career flourished after his move to Nuremburg in 1561, succeeded Virgil Solis as artist for the printer Carl Sigmund Feyerabends. Originally intended for instructional use, this book, whose images include costumes, potentates and emblematic devices, is rarely encountered complete. This is the first complete copy to appear on the market in over twenty years. Bound in full straight-grain blue morocco with gilt and blind borders, and armorial device on both panels featuring a winged griffin beneath a pair of crowns. This is the Huth copy, with his leather booklabel on front pastedown. Carefully washed, leaves show only minor soiling and spotting, and the binding exhibits only the slightest shelfwear. Overall, a fine copy of a truly rare book with a fine provenance. (Brunet I, 232; Colas 119; Lipperheide 498; Berlin Katalog 4757z).

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