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73/2701 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Hortulus Animae 73/2701 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Hortulus Animae 73/2701 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Hortulus Animae 73/2701 Incunabula and early 16th cent books Hortulus Animae 73/2701 [Incunabula and early 16th cent. books]. Hortulus Animae. Strassb., J. Knoblouch, 1508, (280 [of 336]) lvs., 54 (of 73) woodcut ills. (incl. 4 full-p.) and a large woodcut printer's device, all in CONTEMPORARY HANDCOLOURING, rubricated in red, bound in 16th cent. ms. on vellum, sm. 8vo.[*] - Lacking lvs. A1-3 and 6-8, a1-8, i7, r8, s1-9, x3, y3, z6, aa1-8, cc1, ll2 and 7, n1-8, qq1-8 and rr1-7 (incl. title); verso leaf pp8 w. old scribbling in pen and ink; colophon badly dam. and bound in at beginning; all leaves waterstained and (sl.) (finger)soiled; new endpapers. = VD H5084. Rare edition with the influential woodcuts, of which the majority were specifically produced for the early Knoblouch editions: "Auch Hans Baldungs spätere Hortulus-Holzschnitte fußen teilweise auf Knoblouchs Folge I, deren inspirerende Kraft sich darüber hinaus noch in der Bebilderung vieler, u.a. der Mainzer, Lyoner, Leipziger und Basler Ausgaben verfolgen läßt" (Oldenbourg p.76). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.