An early German work on Rhetoric with Dürer-inspired woodcuts, 1493
Friedrich RiedererCHF38000.00
The first edition of a monumental work on rhetoric in the German language. An unusually early scholarly approach to the topic, this text is finely illustrated with four woodcuts, inspired by (and potentially designed by) Albrecht Dürer.
4 woodcut illustrations including woodcut title. Contemporary dark brown blind- stamped calf on bevelled wooden boards, three raised bands, two clasps.
305 x 216 mm, 188 leaves
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