The German Single-Leaf Woodcut, 1500-1550

by Max Geisberg

Complete nine volume combines three sets on the German Single-Leaf Woodcut, 1500-1700, with a total of almost 4000 pages and approximately 3500 illustrations. The sets The German Single-Leaf Woodcut, 1500-1550 by Max Geisberg, 4vols., originally published in Munich, 1923-1930, as Der deutsche Einblatt-Holzschnitt in der ersten Halfte des XVI. Jahrhunderts, and the Bilder-Katalog zu Max Geisberg edited by Hugo Schmidt, here revised and translated by Walter L. Strauss Arntzen, N97 , published by Hacker Art Books, 1974; a three volume set, The German Single-leaf Woodcut, 1550-1600, A Pictorial Catalogue, by Walter L. Strauss, Abaris Books, 1975 Arntzen, N99 , and The German Single-leaf Woodcut, 1600-1700, A Pictorial Catalogue, by Dorothy Alexander, in collaboration with Walter L. Strauss, two volumes, Abaris Books, 1977 Arntzen, N90 . A broad selection of both single-issued woodcuts, which reflect primarily the mores of the age, and those printed as book illustrations, usually done for a more select audience. The types of woodcuts included are devotional sheets, religious satires, political events, portraits, crime reports, coats of arms, etc. Biographical notes on artists and printers, monograms and emblems, bibliography, appendices, index. An essential reference collection for the study of northern Renaissance art. almost 4000 pages. cloth with illustrated covers. large 4to..

1596 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1974