Lot 776
Biblical, Old Testament Attributed to Hans Holbein, the Younger 1497-1543 Artist. An interesting collectors album of biblical wood engravings being illustrations from the Old Testament. Comprising of 108 biblical plates which are identified as having come from a Bible printed in Zurich in 1507 some of the plates are trimmed to the plate,several retain portions of page text and each plate is identified withthe biblical book, chapter and verse. Appended at the rear of the album are 10 miniature portraits, plus a plate depicting a wolf and a lamb, an early map of the Rhine from Strasburg to Frankfurt and the surrounding countryside. Also includes an illustration of a fortified town, a multi- spired city, a river city and a group of cannon being fired. The latter being signed with initials DK. All mounted in a 19thcentury album, the binding with illuminated music manuscript on vellum E1000-1500 Provenance: Minnie Busch, St. Louis, MO., and Switzerland
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