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Artist: Erhard Ratdolt (German, 1442-1528) Title: "Preface Page" and "Page CVI - 106" Portfolio: Missale Frisingense Year: 1492 (First edition) Medium: Set of Two Original Incunabula Leaves on watermarked laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Erhard Ratdolt, Ausburg, Germany Publisher: Sixtus of Tannberg, Freising, Germany Reference: Hain No. 11303; Weale/Bohatta No. 396; Schreiber No. 4699; Pell No. 7944 Sheet size (each): approx. 11.94" x 8.13" Condition: "Preface Page" has the occasional wormhole. Remnants of tape, a tape and a paper clip stain along its edge. Minor foxing and soiling mainly in margins. "Page CVI - 106" has remnants of tape and a small stain along its left edge. Light foxing and soiling about its sheet with some general edge wear. Have been professionally stored away for decades. They are both otherwise strong impressions in good condition with strong colors Very rare Notes: Comes from Ratdolt's one volume "Missale Frisingense", (1492) (First edition), which consists of 576 pages of Gothic texts in Latin with red rubricated initials, music, and woodcut engraved illustrations. Printed in Augsburg by Erhard Ratdolt on March 17, 1492. "Preface Page" has a bull's head and cross watermark in the upper center of its sheet. Some information and old prices inscribed in pencil to their sheets. A missal is a book that contains the prayers, chants, biblical readings, and rubrics for celebrating Mass. The first missals were found in monasteries in the 12th and 13th centuries. The term missale is Latin for "Mass book". Biography: Erhard Ratdolt (1442–1528) was an early German printer from Augsburg. He was active as a printer in Venice from 1476 to 1486, and afterwards in Augsburg. From 1475 to 1478 he was in partnership with two other German printers. The first book the partnership produced was the Calendarium (1476), written and previously published by Regiomontanus, which offered one of the earliest examples of a modern title page. Other noteworthy publications are the "Historia Romana of Appianus" (1477), and the first edition of "Euclid's Elements" (1482), where he solved the problem of printing geometric diagrams, the "Poeticon astronomicon", also from 1482, "Haly Abenragel" (1485), and "Alchabitius" (1503). Ratdolt is also famous for having produced the first known printer's type specimen...

Artist: Erhard Ratdolt (German, 1442-1528) Title: "Vol. 6, page 10-11", "Vol. 6, page 6-7", and "Vol. 6, 28-29" Portfolio: Breviarium Pataviense Year: 1490 (First edition) Medium: Set of Three Original Incunabula Leaves on watermarked laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Erhard Ratdolt, Ausburg, Germany Publisher: Friedrich von Öttingen and Christoph von Schachner, Passau, Germany Reference: Hain No. 3875; Bod-Inc No. B-542; GW No. 5426; Weale/Bohatta No. 335; Schreiber No. 3615 Sheet size (each): approx. 12.5" x 8.88" Condition: "Vol. 6, page 10-11", "Vol. 6, page 6-7", and "Vol. 6, 28-29" all have scattered wormholes, staining, foxing, and soiling about their sheets. The latter two have remnants of tape at their edges. "Vol. 6, 28-29" has heavier staining to its sheet and edge wear about. Have been professionally stored away for decades. They are all otherwise strong impressions in overall fair condition with strong colors Extremely rare Notes: Comes from Ratdolt's six volume "Breviarium Pataviense", (1490) (First edition), which consists of 378 pages of Gothic texts in Latin with red rubricated initials, psalms, readings, hymns, and woodcut engraved illustrations. Printed in Augsburg by Erhard Ratdolt on May 12, 1490. There was a subsequent printing on November 27, 1490. Both "Vol. 6, page 10-11" and "Vol. 6, 28-29" have a bow and arrow watermark in the center of their sheets. Some information and old prices inscribed in pencil to their sheets. Breviary is a liturgical book in the Roman Catholic Church that contains the daily service for the divine office, the official prayer of the church consisting of psalms, readings, and hymns that are recited at stated hours of the day. Biography: Erhard Ratdolt (1442–1528) was an early German printer from Augsburg. He was active as a printer in Venice from 1476 to 1486, and afterwards in Augsburg. From 1475 to 1478 he was in partnership with two other German printers. The first book the partnership produced was the Calendarium (1476), written and previously published by Regiomontanus, which offered one of the earliest examples of a modern title page. Other noteworthy publications are the "Historia Romana of Appianus" (1477), and the first edition of "Euclid's Elements" (1482), where he solved the problem of printing geometric diagrams, the "Poeticon astronomicon", also from 1482, "Haly Abenragel" (1485), and "Alchabitius" (1503). Ratdolt is also famous for having produced the first known printer's type specimen...

Artist: Edward Barnard (English, 1717-1781) Title: "Various Weapons & Implements of War ... Which have been Employed Against the English, by Different Enemies: Now Deposited in the Tower of London" Portfolio: New Complete and Authentic History of England Circa: 1785 Medium: Original Hand-Colored Etching on laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Alex Hogg, London, UK Publisher: Alex Hogg, London, UK Sheet size: 15.38" x 9.63" Image size: 11.75" x 7.94" Condition: Slight toning to edges. Has been professionally stored away for decades. It is otherwise a strong impression in excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Cheltenham, UK. Engraved by English artist George Walker (1781-1856) after a drawing by English artist William Hamilton (1751-1801). Comes from Barnard's one volume "New Complete and Authentic History of England", (1783, 1785, 1790) (First - third editions), which consists of 105 engravings. Printed in one color from one copper plate: black. Biography: Edward Barnard (1717-1781) was an English cleric and academic, provost of Eton from 1764. Barnard was second son of Rev. George Barnard...

Artist: William Henry Toms (English, c.1700-1765) Title: "Draught of a Galley" (Plate 13, Vol. III, page 131) Portfolio: La Spectacle de la Nature Year: 1737 Medium: Original Hand-Colored Engraving on laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Unknown, London, UK Publisher: Humphreys, London, UK Framing: Recently framed in a Regency style gold moulding with 100% cotton rag matting and 99% UV protective Museum Glass. The frame is an antique frame we've reused, originally built by Knoedler Gallery, New York, NY Framed size: 10.25" x 10.25" Sheet size (irregular margins): 6.63" x 8.25" Image size: 4.75" x 6.75" Condition: In excellent condition with strong colors and good margins Rare Notes: Comes from the 1737 volume edition of Noël-Antoine Pluche's "La Spectacle de la Nature", translated from the original French by Humphreys as "Nature Displayed". With two soft vertical folds within paper as issued. Various dealer reference numbers and an old price pencil inscribed in margins and on verso. Biography: William Henry Toms (c. 1700–1765) was an English engraver. He worked on portraits, book-plates, landscapes and prints of buildings. Among his works were the plates for Robert West's "Perspective Views of All the Ancient Churches in London" (1736–1739). In 1741, he worked with Thomas Badeslade on "Chorographia Britanniae or a New Set of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales". The maps were republished on 29 September 1742, with additional place names. Among Toms's apprentices was the engraver and publisher John Boydell. W. H. Toms lived in Masham Street, London, and was the father of the painter Peter Toms. Toms died in 1765. Noël-Antoine Pluche (1688-1761) , known as the abbé Pluche, was a French priest...

Yes You Can Can (Splats Edition) by Amy Gardner [2020] limited_edition Screen Print, Watercolour Edition number 40 Image size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Only AP works left in this edition. This print is about women supporting women. 'YES YOU CAN CAN' splats edition limited edition of 40 Archival Bread & Butter bright white paper 270gsm 50x 50cms 5 screen...

Screen print on cream Speckle Tone paper. Signed by Shepard Fairey and Craig Stecyk III. Edition 142 of 300. 18 x 24 inches Published by Obey Giant Reference Photo by: C.R.Stec...

Robert Indiana (American, 1928-2018) 'Love, Louisiana', 1972 An original screen printed exhibition poster presented at the Louisiana Museum near Cope...

Robert Indiana (American, 1928 - 2018) Der Traum Heisst Verlangen (A Streetcar Named Desire), 1971 Screenprint in colors Edition 29/135 Signed a...