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Coat of Arms of the Empire and of the City of Nuremberg, from: Reformacion der Stat Nüremberg
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ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Coat of Arms of the Empire and of the City of Nuremberg, from: Reformacion der Stat Nüremberg
woodcut
1521
on laid paper, watermark Narrow High Crown (Meder 31)
a very good impression from the second or third edition, published by Friedrich Peypus, Nuremberg, 1522
with letterpress text in Gothic script verso
the figures and arms printing very clearly and sharply, the background a little dryly
with margins on all sides
pale scattered foxing
otherwise in good condition
Block 245 x 168 mm.
Sheet 262 x 187 mm.
Coat of Arms of the Empire and of the City of Nuremberg, from: Reformacion der Stat Nüremberg
woodcut
1521
on laid paper, watermark Narrow High Crown (Meder 31)
a very good impression from the second or third edition, published by Friedrich Peypus, Nuremberg, 1522
with letterpress text in Gothic script verso
the figures and arms printing very clearly and sharply, the background a little dryly
with margins on all sides
pale scattered foxing
otherwise in good condition
Block 245 x 168 mm.
Sheet 262 x 187 mm.
Provenance
Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876), Paris; probably his posthumous sale, Danlos, Delisle & Pawlowski, Paris, 16 April - 12 May 1877.
Dr Michael Berolzheimer (1866-1942), Fürth, Munich and Untergrainau, Germany, and Mount Vernon, New York (without mark and not in Lugt).
Private Collection, USA; by descent from the above.
Dr Michael Berolzheimer (1866-1942), Fürth, Munich and Untergrainau, Germany, and Mount Vernon, New York (without mark and not in Lugt).
Private Collection, USA; by descent from the above.
Literature
Bartsch 162; Meder 285 & XXV; Schoch Mende Scherbaum 273
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Stefano Franceschi
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