Catalogue Of The Valuable Collection Of Prof. W. L. Schreiber, Author Of The "Manuel De La Gravure Sur Bois Et Sur Métal Au Xve Sicècle"

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Excerpt from Catalogue Of The Valuable Collection Of Prof. W. L. Schreiber, Author Of The "Manuel De La Gravure Sur Bois Et Sur Métal Au Xve Sicècle": Containing Early Woodcuts, Metal-Prints, Dotted-Prints, Impressions On Past And On Silk, Block-Books, Early Editions Of The Apocalypsis And The Biblia Pauperum, Master Pieces Of Dutch, English, French, German And Italian Artists Of The Xvith CenturyInce the Weigel sale in 1872 no collection of early wood engravings has been offered at a public sale, which equals the collection described in this catalogue. Professor W. L. Schreiber, the author of the well known Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois, who has devoted his life to the investigation of the woodcuts of the 1591 century, has, during the course of many years, formed a collection which has no equal in private hands, as far as we know, and contains many important items which the greatest public institutes do not possess. Its richness has been known for many years by the notices in his Manuel, but the most important items have been revealed only late by two publications of Molsdorf: Woodcuts of the 15lh century in the Schreiber collection. With 22 facsimiles. Strassburg 1908 and The Dutch woodcut-passion Delbecq Schreiber. With 20 plates. Strassburg 1908.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.