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DÜRER, ALBRECHT : THE LITTLE PASSION. With Poems of the First Edition of 1511 by Benedictus Chelidonius Musophilus in Latin with English Version

Officina Bodoni, Verone, 1971

8vo., (9 x 6 1/4 inches), publisher's quarter pigskin spine over Fabriano paper sides; title in gilt on the spine and the emblem of the press in gilt on the cover. In a matching sliding case, which is slightly rubbed at the extremities. Copy No. 17 (of 140). Original Prospectus laid in.Dürer's Small Passion of 1511, considered by many to be his masterpiece of this genre, was published by Giovanni Mardersteig to celebrate the five hundredth anniversary of the artist’s birth. The woodcuts are here re-engraved by Leonardo Farina, master wood engraver. This Officina Bodoni publication follows the first edition of 1511, reprinting the original Latin verses by Fr. Benedictus Chelidonius (Benedikt Schwalbe), humanist and poet. Mardersteig simultaneously published editions in Italian and German, but here the reader is offered a literal translation IN ENGLISH by Robert Fitzgerald, himself a poet, so that one might have some idea of the poetic content of the Latin originals.The period 1508-1511 marks the height of Dürer's graphic work on religious subjects. In this edition, as in the original, the woodcuts face the Latin poems, which are thought to have been commissioned by the artist as a complement to them. A very handsome edition of Dürer’s Passion.Mardersteig 173 and 171 (Italian edition). Barr 86.

THE SMALL PASSION NEWLY CUT ON WOOD

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