Hans Springinklee (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. An extremely scarce early 16th century edition of the Hortulus Anime, also known as the Hortulus Animae, or Little Garden of the Soul. A well-known work of devotion and of moral instruction the Hortulus was first printed on 13 March 1498, at Strasbourg by Wilhelm Schaffener of Ribeauvillé, followed by German versions appearing in 1501. Later editions, including this one, were illustrated by woodcuts by the well-known engravers Hans Springinklee and Erhard Schon. There are 83 full page woodcuts throughout, two large woodcuts of the sun and moon, and several smaller in text woodcuts. Some of the leaves have underlining and the occasionally annotation. One of the final index leaves is lacking. This volume has been newly rebound. Worldcat and USTC record two existing copies of this collated edition in libraries. One volume in 32mo (10 x 8.4cm), (20)+CCXLI+(10 of 11) leaves Having been rebound, this volume is in very good shape, with virtually no rubbing or wear to the binding. The leaves have been trimmed so sharply by a prior binder that the pagination has been cut off, though a later owner had the forethought to number the main leaves up to leaf 200. Some of the leaves at the centre are heavily browned, including the title page, with some scattered staining throughout, and wear to some of the page edges. The last leaf has been crudely repaired, with some of the lacking text provided in facsimile.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Woodcut recto 235 x 172 mm, on laid paper without watermark, cut along the framing line on three sides and ca. 30 mm within it at bottom, on a portion of a leaf with rubricated text verso of a Preface to the Canon, 18 lines over 150 mm, with 5-line woodcut pictorial initial P 42 x 40 mm, followed by nine manuscript lines of an oratio to the Virgin in apparently a contemporaneous German hand. The impression of the woodcut is well printed, showing minor wear in the fine lines in the upper register. The letterpress verso is printed clearly, darkly and evenly, so that both recto and verso of the sheet suggest a first edition issue. The crisply-penned oratio is fluid and unfaded. The sheet is uniformly age-darkened to a light tan color and, apart from its being cut from a larger leaf, is otherwise in very good condition, without foxing or soiling recto or verso (saving one tiny spot recto in the rays above the crown). Citing the earlier cataloguing by J.D. Passavant, Le Peintre Graveur, vol. iii, p. 241, no. 63 (1862), Campbell Dodgson included this woodcut by Hans Springinklee in his Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts, vol. 1, p. 411, no. 79 (1903), by reference to a photograph of the impression (266 x 169 mm) in the collection of King Friedrich August II at Dresden. Dodgson also lists the impression in the Kunsthalle, Hamburg with text on the back printed in red and black, from a missal. He observes (ibid., at p. 370): "[M]uch of Springinklee's work is to be found in illustrations published about 1515-1522 for the publishing firm founded by Koberger, whose books at that time were printed partly at Nuremberg by J. Stüchs and F. Peypus, partly at Lyons by Clein, Sacon, and Marion. [A]s a rule, he is at his best when most directly inspired by Dürer." New Hollstein (Hans Springinklee vol. I, pp. 2-3, no. 1, 2010) adds two further impressions of this woodcut to Dodgson's three and cites a Paris impression as 265 x 171 mm. The full prints are signed with the initials HSK in ligature in the block lower right. Thus the present impression is trimmed 30 mm on the bottom, excising the signature and an area filled mostly with ruled or blank background. The bottom 30 mm may have been cut from this impression by a former owner wanting to assert Dürer's ostensible authorship. (Several wood engravings formerly assigned to Dürer are now given to Springinklee, and at least one formerly given to Springinklee is now given to Dürer.) A much more medieval rendering was the frontispiece of the printer-publisher Anton Koberger's Liber Chronicarum ("Nuremberg Chronicle") of 1493, wood-engraved by Michael Wolgemut, a master of the young Dürer. The text of the Praefatio on the verso of the present woodcut follows exactly a form for weekdays and simple feasts (absent another assigned form) in the Missale Romanum Mendiolani 1474. It is printed with fonts matching very closely fonts used by Koberger in the 1493 Liber Chronicarum. Koberger ceased printing around 1504 and died in 1513, but his prodigious publishing house, continued by Johann Koberger, continued to publish other printers using his formats. (See Proctor, Early Printed Books Part II Section I (1903) at p. 94 and under Georg Stüchs and Friedrich Peypus, inter alia.) No copy of a missal has been located in digitized bibliographies or catalogues with an indication of a woodcut like the present. However, there could plausibly exist printings of a missal published by Koberger's house or circle with his fonts and with woodcuts from Dürer's circle, including specifically the present woodcut and letterpress. Exceeded by the superb impression, apparently on vellum, formerly in the collection of King Friedrich August II at Dresden, the present woodcut in turn appears to exceed the Paris impression illustrated in New Hollstein. Given the few catalogued European impressions and the open quest to identify the parent missal, this sheet is a consequential survival.

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1539 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 160.

Hans Springinklee (formerly attributed to Albrecht Durer) (illustrator). 'NO INSCRIPTION ON THE PRINT ITSELF; WOODCUT APPEARS ON THE VERSO OF THE TITLE-PAGE OF THE BOOK.'Woodcut of Saint Sebald standing within an archway, holding a model of a church (Neurenberg) on his right arm, a pilgrim's staff in his left hand. Landscape in the background; coats of arms below.Made by Hans Springinklee after Hans Springinklee (formerly attributed to Albrecht Durer).Medium: Woodcut on hand laid (verge) paper.Sheet size: 12.6 x 17.2 cm (4.96 x 6.77 inch). Image size: 12.6 x 17.2 cm. (4.96 x 6.77 inch).SAINT SEBALD, HANS SPRINGINKLEE, GERMAN RENAISSANCE, NUREMBERG, DURER SCHOOL, WOODCUT, EARLY 16TH CENTURY, RELIGIOUS PRINT | EXPO-GERMANBACKGROUND INFORMATIONUsed in Book: 'Die hystori des lebens: sterbens vnd wunderwerck des heyligen Peichtigers Sant Sebalds', Nuremberg, 1514, printed by Hieronymus Holtzel. This plate has no rear text.Reference: Paisey 2002 (196); Schoch III.A.42; New Hollstein German 136; Bartsch VII.179.app.19; Dodgson I.357.23.Biography engraver: Hans Springinklee (c. 1490c. 1540), German painter, draughtsman and prolific woodcut designer, active in Nuremberg. A pupil of Albrecht Durer, he is known for his contributions to illustrated books printed by Hieronymus Holtzel and Anton Koberger, specializing in biblical, hagiographic and historical subjects. Condition: very good, given age. Minor toning; wide margins; very good impression; light handling signs. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.