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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: 68b.---Printer's Mark Detail: Jost Ammon Cherub 2]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Butsch-RenaissanceOrnament-VolII/wm/big/068-urn-birds-cherubs-alchemy-1567-detail-cherub-facing-right-q90-200x200.jpg "[picture: 68b.---Printer's Mark Detail: Jost Ammon Cherub 2]")
68b.—Printer’s Mark Detail: Jost Ammon Cherub 2
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...] [$]
![[picture: 8.---Ornate Renaissance Border (1536)]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Butsch-RenaissanceOrnament-VolII/wm/big/008-de-studio-literarum-1536-detail-rococo-border-q75-131x200.jpg "[picture: 8.---Ornate Renaissance Border (1536)]")
8.—Ornate Renaissance Border (1536)
This ornate early baroque border is from a 1536 title page and features cherubs, shields, medallions, grape vines and pineapples, strange sea-creatures (at the bottom), oak leaves and more. [more...] [$]
![[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...] [$]
![[picture: 68b.---Printer's Mark Detail: feathered eagle]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Butsch-RenaissanceOrnament-VolII/wm/big/068-urn-birds-cherubs-alchemy-1567-detail-eagle-q85-200x200.jpg "[picture: 68b.---Printer's Mark Detail: feathered eagle]")
68b.—Printer’s Mark Detail: feathered eagle
A picture of an eagle from a woodcut by Jost Amman, a detail from a trade mark for a printer. Actually I am not at all sure what sort of bird it is supposed to represent! [more...] [$]
![[picture: 68b.---Printer's Mark Detail: Jost Ammon Cherub 1]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Butsch-RenaissanceOrnament-VolII/wm/big/068-urn-birds-cherubs-alchemy-1567-detail-cherub-facing-left-q90-188x200.jpg "[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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