Author: ALOIS SENEFELDER / ALBRECHT DURER
Title: Albrecht Durers Christlich-Mythologische Handzeichnungen - the First Lithographed Book Ever Printed
Description: Munchen, Alois Senefelder. 1808, 1st Edition. Hard Cover, 347 x 255 Mm. 43 plates, one selfportrait of Durer; drawing after a painting in the Schleissheimer Gallerie. 2 Pages of text; Forrede by Senefelder, hand written on the stone.2 index pages with titles of the drawings not lithographed. - Albrecht Durers Christlich-Mythologische Handzeichnungen - First Edition of the First Fully Lithographed Book - Lithographs by Johan Nepomuk Strixner after Durer, printed in sepia, red, darker red, black and green. Foxing on almost every page, on most pages hardly visible and on some pages worse The cover is half velum with marbled boards and marbled endpapers. - "First fully lithographed book. To show of his recent invention,and in particular, to demonstrate its significance for reproducing works of art, Senefelder chose Dürer's border designs for the prayerbook of Emperor Maximilian I, printed in the colors of the original. (-)". Very Good.

Keywords: Durer