Opera Divi Caecilii Cypriani Episcopi Carthaginensis.

Sprache: Latein

Verlag: Basel: Johann Froben, Germany, 1521

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CYPRIANUS, Thascius Caecilius [St Cyprian of Carthage]; ERASMUS, Desiderius, editor. Opera Divi Caecilii Cypriani Episcopi Carthaginensis. Basel: Johann Froben, 1521. A remarkable pair of later composite display sheets preserving the principal original woodcut and letterpress illustrations from the 1521 Froben edition of St Cyprian edited by Erasmus of Rotterdam. Detailed comparison with the digitised copy at the Pitts Theology Library, Emory University, establishes that the apparently separate components mounted upon the second sheet belong to this same 1521 publication and are not miscellaneous ornaments taken from unrelated Froben books: Emory independently catalogues five principal graphic elements from its copy — the historiated title-page border, Johann Froben's printer's device, an animal-and-putti headpiece, an ornamental page border and a narrative woodcut of Venus and Cupid — and all are represented within the present pair; the book additionally contains smaller historiated initials, so these sheets preserve substantially the complete suite of its major independent woodcut compositions rather than literally every decorative element. The first sheet reconstructs the celebrated title page, centred upon Opera Divi Caecilii Cypriani Episcopi Carthaginensis and the imprint Apud inclytam Basileam ex officina Frobeniana. An. M.D.XXI., within the monumental historiated border designed by Ambrosius Holbein, elder brother of Hans Holbein the Younger. Across the upper register is the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, with ARMINIVS and VARVS QVINTILIVS identified amongst the densely packed combatants; Emory independently identifies the scene as the Germanic victory over the Roman forces of Publius Quinctilius Varus. The lateral borders incorporate personifications of the Virtues and Vices, including Temperance, Justice, Charity, Fortitude, Ignorance and Truth, while the lower composition contains the classical subject of the Calumny of Apelles. The companion sheet brings together the remaining major ornamental elements from the volume: long Renaissance grotesque and foliage borders corresponding directly with the original ornamental page frame preserved at Emory, an animal-and-putti headpiece, the narrative Venus and Cupid block, and Johann Froben's celebrated printer's device with crowned serpents entwined around a caduceus and a bird above. Eton's bibliographical record confirms the 1521 Basel edition, its November 1521 colophon, the Ambrosius Holbein title-page border, a further woodcut border on a2r, Froben's printer's device on the final verso and historiated initials; VD16 C6509; Adams C3150. At an unknown later date the original 1521 printed elements were carefully excised from their book leaves and laid down onto stiff paper stock, the title-page material being reconstructed approximately in its original configuration and the remaining principal ornaments arranged together on the companion sheet. They are therefore historical composite display sheets rather than intact original leaves, but direct comparison with the surviving institutional copy now establishes their unusual significance as a substantially comprehensive assemblage of the major woodcut programme of a single Erasmus/Froben publication. Each backing sheet approximately 28.7 × 22.4 cm. Very good decorative condition overall, the original impressions strong, dark and detailed; expected age-toning, occasional spotting and marking, minor surface and edge wear and visible joins between the mounted elements. An exceptional conjunction of Erasmus, Johann Froben, Ambrosius Holbein, Arminius, Roman history, classical mythology and Northern Renaissance graphic design.…

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Bibliografische Details

Titel
Opera Divi Caecilii Cypriani Episcopi Carthaginensis.
Autor
CYPRIANUS, Thascius Caecilius [St Cyprian of Carthage]; ERASMUS, Desiderius, editor.
Verlag
Basel: Johann Froben, Germany
Erscheinungsjahr
1521
Zustand
Very Good
Einband
No Binding
Sprache
Latein

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