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107 | Lot 35 leather binding with a label and gilding on the spine, slightly rubbed, somewhat scuffed. The paper slightly discoloured, minor staining in places. Some of the plates heavily darkened and spotted with mould. First edition. Comes with the list of instructions for the bookbinder that is rarely included, (tr.) “The order of the figures” at the end. Overall in excellent, unfaded condition, the vivid woodcuts still clearly imprinted throughout, in a handsome, 18th century cover. 275361 I - II € 10.000 no other comes close to exhibiting a similar illustrative diver- sity in purely material terms. Virtually every representational aspect occurring at that time is reflected here in the graphic illustrations: the spheres of the court, society, military life, the bourgeoisie and the craftsmen, all with their various, distinct settings” (Burkhard, Burgkmair, 105). Of the 237 full-page woodcuts, 117 are by Hans Burgkmair the Elder, most of the remainder by Leonhard Beck, with a few by Hans Schäufelin and Hans Springinklee. Folio (35 x 25 cm), 8 leaves, 307 pages, 1 leaf. Contemporary