1542 Bible In Latin Illustrated By Sebald Beham Antique Rare Pocket Size Biblia Auction
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1542 BIBLE in LATIN ILLUSTRATED by Sebald Beham antique RARE POCKET SIZE BIBLIA
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  • Title: 1542 BIBLE in LATIN ILLUSTRATED by Sebald Beham antique RARE POCKET SIZE BIBLIA
  • Description: NOVUM TESTAMENTUM ILLUSTRATUM...
    Antwerp; 1542
    Small size: 3 1/2 by 4 3/4 inches
    Illustrated with numerous woodcuts after Hans Sebald Beham
    Printer's device on title-page and last leaf.
    Modern binding and endpapers
    Very good interior
    Ex-library
    RARE
    Text in Latin

    The German artist Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550), who often went by Sebald Beham or HSB, grew up in Nuremberg during a time of political unease.
    The Nuremberg council actively sought out prints that might be considered propaganda or printmakers who might be religious agitators
    Sebald, his brother Barthel (1502-1540), and their colleague George Pencz (1500-1550) were nicknamed the “Godless Painters” when they were brought to trial for atheism, specifically a disbelief in transubstantiation.
    All three were expelled from Nuremberg, only to return after about ten months.
    Sebald was chiefly recognized for his small engravings in the style of Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), the undisputed superstar of the era, but this similarity also brought him trouble.
    When Hieronymus Andreae (ca.1500-1556) hired Sebald in 1527 to illustrated a Lutheran prayer book and several other projects, the two were accused of plagiarizing Durer and Sebald was once again forced out of Nuremberg.
    Settling in Frankfurt, Sebald produced nearly 2,000 prints during his career.
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    1542 BIBLE in LATIN ILLUSTRATED by Sebald Beham antique RARE POCKET SIZE BIBLIA

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