Lot 155
  • 155

Maximilian I

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of facsimiles relating to Maximilian I, 17 volumes, comprising:
  • Paper
i. Kaiser Maximilian's I geheimes Jagdbuch... herausgegeben von Th. G. von Karajan. Vienna: Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1858, 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt edges, spine repaired
ii. Freydal des Kaisers Maximilian I... herausgegeben... von Quirin von Leitner. Vienna: Adolf Holzhausen, 1880-1882, large 4to, with facsimile leaves of the original manuscript, later half morocco, top edge gilt, original wrappers at beginning and end, prospectus bound in
iii. Das Fischereibuch Kaiser Maximilians I... herausgegeben von Dr Michael Mayr. Innsbruck: Wagner, 1901, small folio, original illustrated cloth, bookplate of Schwerdt (sale, 11 March 1946, lot 1754), small tear to head of spine
iv. Das Jagdbuch Kaiser Maximilians I... herausgegeben von Dr Michael Mayr. Innsbruck: Wagner, 1901, small folio, original vellum gilt, uncut
v. [Gebetbuch Kaiser Maximilians I]. [Vienna: privately printed by Karl Giehlow, c. 1907], folio, limited edition of 350 copies, original burgundy calf tooled in period style with metal bosses, clasp, gilt and gauffered edges, [facsimile of Schönsperger's 1514 edition with marginal drawings by Dürer], lacking text volume 
vi. Kaiser Maximilians I Weisskunig [edited by H. Th. Musper]. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1956, 2 volumes (text and facsimile), 4to, original cloth, dust-jackets, with "Die Unterschriften zu den Holzschnitten" loosely inserted at the end of volume 2
vii. BENESCH, Otto and Erwin M. AUER. Die Historia Friderici et Maximiliani. Berlin: Deutscher Verein für Kunstwissenschaft, 1957, 4to, original cloth
viii. FICHTENAU, Heinrich. Die Lehrbücher Maximilians I und die Anfänge der Frakturschrift. Hamburg: Maximilian Gesellschaft, 1961, 4to, original red cloth
ix. PÄCHT, Otto. Vita Sancti Simperti, eine Handschrift für Maximilian I. Berlin: Deutscher Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, 1964, 4to, original cloth
x. GEISSLER, Paul. Hans Burgkmairs Genealogie Kaiser Maximilians I. [Offprint from the Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1965], original printed wrappers
xi. Kaiser Maximilians I Jagd- und Fischereibücher... text von Dr Franz Niederwolfsgruber. Munich: BLV, 1965, small folio, original pictorial boards
xii. Das Ältere Gebetbuch Maximilians I [facsimile of Codex Vindobonensis 1907], einführung Wolfgang Hilger [Codices Selecti 39]. Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1973, 4to, original tan leather
xiii. The Book of Hours of the Emperor Maximilian I decorated by Albrecht Dürer, Hans Baldung Grien... and other artists. Printed in 1513... edited... by Walter L. Strauss. New York: Abaris Books, 1974, 4to, original binding
xiv. Ein Lehrbuch für Maximilian I. Der Codex Ser. n. 2617... Kommentar zu Faksimileausgabe von Univ.-Prof. Dr Otto Mazal. Salzburg: A&A, 1981, 2 volumes (facsimile and commentary), facsimile in suede binding with metal centre and cornerpieces (in imitation of original binding), commentary in original cloth, both volumes in single cloth slipcase
xv. UNTERKIRCHER, Franz. Maximilian I. Ein kaiserlicher Auftraggeber illustrierter Handscriften. Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1983, 4to, original cloth

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