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BROSAMER, Hans. Ein new kunstbüchlein von mancherly schönen Trinckgeschiren zu gut der yebenden jugend der Goldschmidt... an tag gegeben. [Nuremberg: Jobst Gutnecht, ca. 1538].
4° (203 x 150mm). Letterpress title with small slip pasted on correcting Godschmidt misprint and large woodcut (137 x 119mm) beneath of the interior of a goldsmith's workshop, 38 full-page woodcuts of 44 designs. (Skilful retouching to small areas of the fifth and fifteenth design.) Modern calf, g.e.
FIRST EDITION OF BROSAMER'S VERY RARE COLLECTION OF ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS FOR FLASKS, GOBLETS, WHISTLES AND BROOCHES. ONE OF THE FINEST COPY BOOKS OF THE GERMAN RENAISSANCE, AND THE EARLIEST SERIES OF DESIGNS MADE EXPRESSLY FOR THE USE OF GOLDSMITHS. The first woodcut design is printed on the verso of the title, the remaining cuts on the 37 pages following, leaving the verso of the final leaf blank. The collection consists of 44 designs: 31 for covered or double goblets, 4 for whistles (on a single page), 4 for brooches (on a single page), 3 richly sculptured wine-flasks and 2 ewers. The retouching of the fifth and fifteenth cuts may have been occasioned by the removal of later (?Victorian) strips covering the nude figures incorporated into these designs. Brosamer's work is the earliest of a number of pattern books produced to answer the demand for ever more sophisticated and elaborate gold- and silverware. It was preceded only by cuts of single designs and remained highly influential for many years.
Hollstein lists five copies of this first edition: Berlin (lacking 2 leaves); Dresden (?destroyed during the war); London (Victoria & Albert Museum) and 2 copies in Paris. A sixth copy is in Nürnberg (Germanische Nationalmuseum, VD 16, B-8391). The correction slip is not mentioned as being present in any other copies.
It appears that two paper stocks were used: a narrow tall crown watermark (Briquet 4982, dated 1538-90) occurs five times over 10ff and an unidentified coat-of-arms once. Hollstein IV. p.255; Berlin Kat. 900 (incomplete copy).
4° (203 x 150mm). Letterpress title with small slip pasted on correcting Godschmidt misprint and large woodcut (137 x 119mm) beneath of the interior of a goldsmith's workshop, 38 full-page woodcuts of 44 designs. (Skilful retouching to small areas of the fifth and fifteenth design.) Modern calf, g.e.
FIRST EDITION OF BROSAMER'S VERY RARE COLLECTION OF ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS FOR FLASKS, GOBLETS, WHISTLES AND BROOCHES. ONE OF THE FINEST COPY BOOKS OF THE GERMAN RENAISSANCE, AND THE EARLIEST SERIES OF DESIGNS MADE EXPRESSLY FOR THE USE OF GOLDSMITHS. The first woodcut design is printed on the verso of the title, the remaining cuts on the 37 pages following, leaving the verso of the final leaf blank. The collection consists of 44 designs: 31 for covered or double goblets, 4 for whistles (on a single page), 4 for brooches (on a single page), 3 richly sculptured wine-flasks and 2 ewers. The retouching of the fifth and fifteenth cuts may have been occasioned by the removal of later (?Victorian) strips covering the nude figures incorporated into these designs. Brosamer's work is the earliest of a number of pattern books produced to answer the demand for ever more sophisticated and elaborate gold- and silverware. It was preceded only by cuts of single designs and remained highly influential for many years.
Hollstein lists five copies of this first edition: Berlin (lacking 2 leaves); Dresden (?destroyed during the war); London (Victoria & Albert Museum) and 2 copies in Paris. A sixth copy is in Nürnberg (Germanische Nationalmuseum, VD 16, B-8391). The correction slip is not mentioned as being present in any other copies.
It appears that two paper stocks were used: a narrow tall crown watermark (Briquet 4982, dated 1538-90) occurs five times over 10ff and an unidentified coat-of-arms once. Hollstein IV. p.255; Berlin Kat. 900 (incomplete copy).