- 7
[Bavaria]
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
- Bairische Lanndtsordnung. Ingolstadt: [A. Weissenhorn], 1553 [bound with] Erclärung der Landsfreiheit . . . widerumb verneut. Munich: [A. Schobser], 1553 [bound with] Declaration und erleutterung etlicher in Iüngst Bayrischer aufigerichter Policeyordnung begriffner Articul. [Munich: A. Schobser, 1557]
- Paper, ink, leather
Together 3 volumes in 1, folio (12 x 8 in.; 305 x 202 mm). Gothic typeface, woodcut initials, printed in black and red throughout, each with woodcut title-page, the first work with 3 folding woodcut plates of fish (printed on both sides) and a full-page text woodcut; some marginal worming at front and back not affecting text, some browning but generally an excellent copy with wide margins. Late eighteenth-century century speckled paper-covered boards; worn, joints cracked but holding. In a quarter-morocco slipcase.
Provenance
Released from the Königlicher Kreisbibliothek (library stamps on first two, and last leaves) — Marcus and Elizabeth Crahan (their sale, Sotheby's New York, 25 November, 1986, lot 43)
Literature
Simon BB II, 72 (the first work); BMC German Books, pp. 71-72 (all three works)
Catalogue Note
THE CRAHAN-KECK DAY COPY. The Bairische Lanndtsordnung is a collection of laws regulating brewing, distillation, the sale of wine, beer and spirits, woodmen, hunters, fishermen and all kinds of craftsmen. The title-page depicts Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria surrounded by his court. Bound with two other official Bavarian publications.