![EPHEMERA Including framed and matted postcard, Shaker Gift Shoppe and Dwelling House, Hancock, Mass;: EPHEMERA Including framed and matted postcard, Shaker Gift Shoppe and Dwelling House, Hancock, Mass; Framed 1839 woodcut Shaker Village in Hancock; "Table Monitor of the Shakers at Mt. Lebanon, N.Y.",](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/325/331756/178965867_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717089312)
Woodcut Books, Magazines & Papers
![EPHEMERA Including framed and matted postcard, Shaker Gift Shoppe and Dwelling House, Hancock, Mass;: EPHEMERA Including framed and matted postcard, Shaker Gift Shoppe and Dwelling House, Hancock, Mass; Framed 1839 woodcut Shaker Village in Hancock; "Table Monitor of the Shakers at Mt. Lebanon, N.Y.",](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/325/331756/178965867_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717089312)
![1496 Two Engraved woodcuts of Martyrdom: Two woodcuts excised from a work by Hartmann Schedel and printed at Aigsburg by Johann Schonsperger from "Buch Der Chroniken", printed 1496. The woodcut scenes of martydom executions. Each 1.5" x 1.5"](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/333142/179839670_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718743930)
![1579 Woodcut Leaf Architecture Hans Blum: [Architecture] A leaf from "Ein Kunstrych Buch von Allerlen antiquiteten..", printed at Zurich by Chrystoffel Froschower (Froschauer), circa 1579. Full page woodcut with text on verso, Very Good with](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/333142/179839584_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718743930)
![1500 Three Woodcuts Paris Ludolphus de Saxonia: Three woodcuts from a 16th century work, text on verso in Dutch. Circa 1500. Each woodcut measures 2.5 x 4.5", mounted on card with French manuscript description below. Fine. Reserve: $60.00 Shipping:](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331577/178849535_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530593)
![1561 ST.AUGUSTINE antique HAND TOOLED PIGSKIN BINDING w/ CLASPS 16th CENTURY v.8: Augustine, Aurelius. AURELII AUGUSTINI HIPPONENSIS EPISCOPI ENARRATIONES in PSALMOS MYSTICOS Tomi Octavi Lugduni (Lyon), Iacobi Iuntae; 1561 With woodcut printer's device. Size 4.5 by 7" (16.5x10.5cm.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251423_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1550 ENGRAVING antique Justinus Gobler Der Rechten Spiegel Law BOOK 16th cent: WOODCUT ENGRAVING From: Der Rechten Spiegel, Auß den beschribenen Geystlichem, Weltlichen by Justin Gobler Size about 7.5 by 11.5" Text in German Justinus Gobler: German lawyer and author of lega](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331539/178838378_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530554)
![1580 METAMORPHOSIS by OVID antique 16th CENTURY ILLUSTRATED: Ovid's Metamorphoses Venice: Fabio & Agostino Zopponi Fratelli, 1580 title with woodcut device, woodcut illustrations, main text in double column, final leaf laid down, a few marginal repairs and tear](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251620_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1657 ELZEVIR PRESS ORATIONUM by DANIELIS HEINSIUS antique VELLUM BOUND: Heinsius, Danielis. ORATIONUM (edition of speeches) Ed. N. Heinsius. Amsterdam, Ex Officina Elzeviriana (L. and D. Elzevier), 1657, (20),576,(1)p., woodcut printer's mark, original overlapping vellum](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251530_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1561 ST.AUGUSTINE antique HAND TOOLED PIGSKIN BINDING w/ CLASPS 16th CENTURY v.2: Augustine, Aurelius. AURELII AUGUSTINI HIPPONENSIS EPISCOPI EPISTOLAE Tomus Secundus Lugduni (Lyon), Iacobi Iuntae; 1561 With woodcut printer's device. Size 4.5 by 7" (16.5x10.5cm.) Blind tooled pigsk](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251782_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1543 EPIC POEM on PUNIC WARS by Silius Italicus antique PIGSKIN BINDING RARE: Silius Italicus. Libri XVIII. bellorum, quae Romani adversus Poenos gesserunt. Cum annotationibus Hermanni Buschii. Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1543 8 leaves, 665 pages, 3 leaves. With woodcut printer's de](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251753_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1577 Leaf Holinshed Chronicles Woodcuts Caligula: A leaf from Holinshed "Historie of Englande", printed at London in 1577 with one woodcut depicting Roman troops of Caligula marching into city and the other of a King. On verso is woodcut of a ship. V](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332595/179394056_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142780)
![1678 BIBLE COMMENTARY by MATHEO POLO antique PIGSKIN BOUND MASSIVE FOLIO v. IV: SYNOPSIS CRITICORUM ALIORUMOUE SACRAE SCRIPTURAE by MATHEO POLO LONDINENSI Volumen IV Frankfurt; 1678 With woodcut printer's device. Massive, heavy folio. Size 10 by 16" (2), 1541 pp Beautiful blind t](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251861_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1561 ST.AUGUSTINE antique HAND TOOLED PIGSKIN BINDING w/ CLASPS 16th CENTURY v.4: Augustine, Aurelius. AURELII AUGUSTINI HIPPONENSIS EPISCOPI QUAESTIONES IN VETUS NOUUMQUE TESTAMENTUM Tomi Quarti Lugduni (Lyon), Iacobi Iuntae; 1561 With woodcut printer's device. Size 4.5 by 7" (16.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251815_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1584 ASTRONOMY & MEDICAL WORKS of Girolamo Fracastoro antique 16th CENTURY: HIERONIMI FRACASTORII VERONENSIS (Fracastoro, Girolamo) Opera omnia ... accessit index locupletissimus Venice, Giunti, 1584 Size 6 3/4 by 9' Frontispiece with woodcut typography by Luca Antonio Giunta](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251799_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1579 PLUTARCH 3 VOLUMES PLUTARCHI CHAERONENSIS antique: PLUTARCHI CHAERONENSIS Plutarch. Parallel or comparative life of William Xylandri Augustan 3 volumes Basel, 1579 volume I title with woodcut device, a few annotations and previous owner inscriptions t](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251579_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1550 ENGRAVING antique from Justinus Gobler Der Rechten Spiegel Law BOOK rare: WOODCUT ENGRAVING From: Der Rechten Spiegel, Auß den beschribenen Geystlichem, Weltlichen by Justin Gobler Size about 7.5 by 11.5" Text in German Justinus Gobler: German lawyer and author of lega](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331539/178838438_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530554)
![1593 THEOLOGY by Thomas Stapleton antique PIGSKIN w/ CLASPS 16th CENTURY PLANTIN: Promptuarium morale super evangelia dominicalia totius anni. Altera edition. Pars Hyemalis. by Stapleton, Thomas Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus, 1593 20 lvs, 750 pages, 13 lvs. With woodcut printer's device](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251507_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1587 Louis of Granada ANTIQUE PIGSKIN BINDING w/ CLASPS 16th century: Louis of Granada (Ludovico Granatensi). Sylva locorum communium omnibus divini verbi concionatoribus, nec non variarum lectionum studiosis... Lyon, S.Pesnot; 1587. With woodcut printer's mark at the t](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331539/178838682_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530554)
![1584 BIBLE by Christopher PLANTIN BIBLIA LATINA antique NEW TESTAMENT: The Holy Bible Bible [New Testament - Latin]. Novum Iesu Christi Testamentum Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1584 Printer's woodcut device to title (loose and lightly cropped to fore-edge touching few l](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331539/178838490_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530554)
![1551 LA ZUCCA by Anton Francesco Doni antique ILLUSTRATED: Doni, (Anton Francesco) La Zucca 3 parts in 1 volume Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1551 First Edition 16 pages, 63 pages; 4 sheets, 64 pages; 4 sheets, 61 pages, 1 sheet. With woodcut title border, 3 r](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251473_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1708 WOODCUT ENGRAVING TITLEPIECE of HOMO SIMPLEX ET RECTUS by M. NATTENHAUSEN: WOODCUT ENGRAVING from Homo simplex et rectus, Oder Der alte redliche Teutsche Michel. Das ist: Sittliche, aus Göttlicher Heiliger Schrifft, mit anmuthigen Historien, schönen Gleichnussen un](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331539/178838639_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530554)
![1550 ENGRAVING antique from Justin Gobler Der Rechten Spiegel Law BOOK rare 16 c: WOODCUT ENGRAVING From: Der Rechten Spiegel, Auß den beschribenen Geystlichem, Weltlichen by Justin Gobler Size about 7.5 by 11.5" Text in German Justinus Gobler: German lawyer and author of lega](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331539/178838722_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530554)
![1550 ENGRAVING antique from Justin Gobler Der Rechten Spiegel Law BOOK scarce: WOODCUT ENGRAVING From: Der Rechten Spiegel, Auß den beschribenen Geystlichem, Weltlichen by Justin Gobler Size about 7.5 by 11.5" Text in German Justinus Gobler: German lawyer and author of lega](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331539/178838504_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530554)
![1550 ENGRAVING antique from Justinus Gobler Der Rechten Spiegel Law BOOK scarce: WOODCUT ENGRAVING From: Der Rechten Spiegel, Auß den beschribenen Geystlichem, Weltlichen by Justin Gobler Size about 7.5 by 11.5" Text in German Justinus Gobler: German lawyer and author of lega](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251927_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
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NYC exhibition explores works of woodcut artist Hnizdovsky
NEW YORK (AP) – A New York City exhibition explores the career of one of the foremost woodcut artists in America. Ukrainian-American artist Jacques Hnizdovsky was a master of intricate woodcuts of stylized flora, fauna – and also of paintings, including one that depicts a post-World War II refugee camp.
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NEW YORK — Jasper52 presents a Modern Master Prints Auction Wednesday, June 5 at 3 pm Eastern time. Featuring nearly 200 lots of fine art prints from contemporary masters, the complete catalog is now available for review and bidding at LiveAuctioneers. From a 1947 edition of 950 prints comes this Henri Matisse woodcut Pierre a […]
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SEATTLE — A small but important six-piece collection of woodcut prints by Henry Sugimoto (1900-1990) came to market at District Auction April 14 as part of its Fine Art, Mid-Century Furniture, and Decor sale. Estimated modestly at $75-$150, the circa-1965 black-and-white prints documenting his time in World War II-era Japanese internment camps all soared, with […]
![Trio of M.C. Escher prints bewitch bidders at Swann’s April 30 sale](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Swann-Apr-18-MC-Escher-Whirlpools.jpg)
Trio of M.C. Escher prints bewitch bidders at Swann’s April 30 sale
NEW YORK – Speaking about his 1957 color wood engraving and woodcut dubbed Whirlpools, shown above, Dutch artist M.C. Escher said: “I doubt that ‘the public’ will ever understand, much less appreciate, how many gymnastics of the brain, fascinating to me, have preceded the construction of such a picture.” Maurits Cornelis (M.C.) Escher (1898-1972) was, […]