(Leaves, 1486) Breydenbach, Bernhard von Author: Corevn [in] Peregrinationes in Terram Sanctam Provenance: Purchased from Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts Place Published: Mainz Publisher: Erhard Reuwich Date Published: 1486 Description: Double-page woodcut plate. 28.4x42 cm (11¼x16½"). Corfu in the Ionian Sea, resort spot off the coast of Greece and Albania and then part of the Venetian Republic. There are several sailing ships in the bay. This is a double-page plate from Breydenbach's Peregrinationes in Terram Sancta, which, when it was published in 1486, was both the first book to contain woodcuts by a known artist (Erhard Reurwich), the first printed illustrated book of travels, and the first book to contain folding plates. References: Goff B1189; GW 5075; ISTC ib01189000. Condition: 3" paper repair to verso, marginal dampstains, light soiling; very good. Item#: 365801 Headline: Reurwich woodcut of Corfu, 1486
(Leaves, 1486) Breydenbach, Bernhard von Author: Corevn [in] Peregrinationes in Terram Sanctam Provenance: Purchased from Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts Place Published: Mainz Publisher: Erhard Reuwich Date Published: 1486 Description: Double-page woodcut plate. 28.4x42 cm (11¼x16½"). Corfu in the Ionian Sea, resort spot off the coast of Greece and Albania and then part of the Venetian Republic. There are several sailing ships in the bay. This is a double-page plate from Breydenbach's Peregrinationes in Terram Sancta, which, when it was published in 1486, was both the first book to contain woodcuts by a known artist (Erhard Reurwich), the first printed illustrated book of travels, and the first book to contain folding plates. References: Goff B1189; GW 5075; ISTC ib01189000. Condition: 3" paper repair to verso, marginal dampstains, light soiling; very good. Item#: 365801 Headline: Reurwich woodcut of Corfu, 1486
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