Ringmann, Mathias.
[PASSIO CHRISTI] DER TEXT DES PASSIONS ODER LEYDENS CHRISTI...
Joh. Knoblauch Strasburg 1509 Second German edition Sm. folio. ff.(34). Illustrated with 26 full page woodcuts, 25 by Urs Graf and 1 by Wechtlin. Woodcut initials. Bound in a portion of a vellum manuscript leaf (double columns, and rubricated in red & blue). Small tear in 2 margins, 2 inner margins restored, small wormholes. The second edition in German of this important early woodcut book (there are a number of early editions in Latin as well). This "Passion" series are the first woodcuts designed by Urs Graf (born circa 1485). Proctor 10070. BL German STC p. 114 (under "Bible. Gospels. Harmonies").
[Bookseller: Kenneth Karmiole Bookseller, Inc.]
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