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Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol II.) (page 1/2)

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Engravings from “Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance” (Book-Ornament of the Renaissance) by A. F. Butsch, Leipzig, 1878. Alfred Butsch was a famous bookseller and a collecter of antiquarian books; the engraved plates in the book reproduce illustrations from early printed books.

I bought my copy of this book from a bookseller in Germany; there is also a fac simile by Dover, but the reproduction is not of the highest quality, so these images are better, if very incomplete.

See also Vol I which I bought separately).

Title: Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol II.)

Author: Butsch, A. F.

Published by: Verlag von G. Hirth

City: Leipzig

Date: 1881

Total items: 11

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: Jost Ammon's Printer's Mark]

Jost Ammon’s Printer’s Mark

Unten: Jost Amman’s Marke für Sigmund Feyrabend [Feyerabend] in seiner Gesellschaft mit Weigand Hanund George Rab. Eines der frühesten und geistreichsten Signete des Meisters. In Originalgrösse. (p. 50) [more...] [$]

[picture: 6. Title Page: Orontii Quadrans Astrolabicus Omnibus]

6. Title Page: Orontii Quadrans Astrolabicus Omnibus

A beautiful engraved Celtic knotwork-style border surrounds this title-page from a 1534 mathematical text-book by Oronce Finé (given here as Orontii Finei), who may also have made the design. Inset into the border are various figures representing astronomy (or astrology), music, geography, arithmetic, Pythagoras, Orpheus (?), Euclid and, at the bottom [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: 8.---Ornate Renaissance Border (1536)]

8.—Ornate Renaissance Border (1536)

This ornate early baroque border is from a 1536 title page and features cherubs, shields, medallions, grape vines and pineapples, strange sea-creatures (at the bottom), oak leaves and more. [more...] [$]

[picture: 68b.---Printer's Mark Detail: Angel]

68b.—Printer’s Mark Detail: Angel

A trumpeting angel from a woodcut by Jost Amman, a detail from a trade mark for a printer. [more...] [$]

[picture: 68b.---Printer's Mark Detail: Jost Ammon Cherub 1]

68b.—Printer’s Mark Detail: Jost Ammon Cherub 1

A cherub from a woodcut by Jost Amman, a detail from a trade mark for a printer. The cherub has a long festoon, wings, and proffers a laurel wreath, signifying victory. [more...] [$]


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Engravings from “Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance” (Book-Ornament of the Renaissance) by A. F. Butsch, Leipzig, 1878. Alfred Butsch was a famous bookseller and a collecter of antiquarian books; the engraved plates in the book reproduce illustrations from early printed books.

I bought my copy of this book from a bookseller in Germany; there is also a fac simile by Dover, but the reproduction is not of the highest quality, so these images are better, if very incomplete.

See also Vol I which I bought separately).


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