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A monument of the German Renaissance [German] BURGKMAIR, Hans; BECK, Leonhard; SCHÄUFELEIN, Hans; SPRINGINKLEE, Hans (after) "Der Weiss Kunig". Vienna, Joseph Kurzböck, woodcuts, c. 22,0 x 19,5 cm (blockline), 32,9 x 23,2 cm (sheets), laid paper, some signed "HB", "LHB", "HS" or "HSK", irreg. numb. 1-(none numb. but 2 different blocks numb. 21), with title page, introduction [6], table of contents [and complete text (pp.) (some sheets sl. browned, some spots). Good impressions with wide margins. In 19th-c. three-quarter red morocco signed Eedy Binder Tavistock Sq, gilt-ruled and marbled covers, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, gilt edges (marbled front cover sl. water stained). 1st edition of "The White King", one of the works that were inspired and commissioned by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (1459-but remained unpublished at the time of his death. Complete with all full-page woodcuts designed by Hans Burgmair (1473-1531), Leonhard Beck (c. 1475-1542), Hans Schäufelein (c. 1482-and Hans Springinklee (c. 1490-and produced in 1514-Subjects include the education of the king, hunting scenes, audiences, sieges, battle scenes, etc. The text by Maximilian's secretary Marx Treitzsauerwein (d. and the woodcuts were only published together after the rediscovery of woodblocks in the 18th c. A tremendous series from the German Renaissance and a milestone in the history of the woodcut. Ref. A. Schultz, "Der Weisskunig", in: Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen der Allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses 6 (1888). - Hollstein German V.116-119.431-- D. Landau & P. Parshall, The Renaissance Print 1470-pp. 206-- Hollstein German XLII.140-142.60-- New Hollstein German (Leonhard Beck 134-- New Hollstein German (Hans Springinklee 137-- New Hollstein (Liefrinck) Prov. J. C. B. (January (ms. note).