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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.)
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.
![[picture: 8.---Title Page from De Studio Literarum (1536)]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Butsch-RenaissanceOrnament-VolII/wm/big/008-de-studio-literarum-1536-q85-130x200.jpg "[picture: 8.---Title Page from De Studio Literarum (1536)]")
8.—Title Page from De Studio Literarum (1536)
Title page from “De Studio Literarum...” published in 1536 in Paris by Jodocus Badius and printed by Michael Vascosanus, illustrated by Oronce Finé (or Oronce Fine, or Orontius Finæus in Latin). The central woodcut shows a printing office; the twisted perspective is deliberate, and [...]Prelum Ascensianum appear over the press, the name of Baudius’ printing house (Prelum being the Latin word for a printing-press). [more...] [$]
![[picture: 68a.---Myller Book Mark - Lion With Pillar]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Butsch-RenaissanceOrnament-VolII/wm/big/068-victory-lion-1537-q90-142x200.jpg "[picture: 68a.---Myller Book Mark - Lion With Pillar]")
68a.—Myller Book Mark - Lion With Pillar
Die schöne Marke des Strassburger Druckers Crafft Myller vom Jahre 1537 in Holzschnitt von einem unbekannten Meister. (p. 50) [more...] [$]
![[picture: 8.---Ornate Renaissance Border (1536)]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Butsch-RenaissanceOrnament-VolII/wm/big/008-de-studio-literarum-1536-detail-rococo-border-q75-131x200.jpg "[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...] [$]
![[picture: 8.---Detail: Printing Page Woodcut]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Butsch-RenaissanceOrnament-VolII/wm/big/008-de-studio-literarum-1536-detail-press-q80-145x200.jpg "[picture: 8.---Detail: Printing Page Woodcut]")
8.—Detail: Printing Page Woodcut
Detail from a title page printed in 1536, depicting the printing office of Jodocus Baudius, the Ascension Press, and three of the people working there. It’s possible one of the figures is Baudius himself. [more...] [$]
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![[picture: Jost Ammon's Printer's Mark]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Butsch-RenaissanceOrnament-VolII/wm/big/068-urn-birds-cherubs-alchemy-1567-q90-319x200.jpg "[picture: Jost Ammon's Printer's Mark]")
