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Engraving] - HELLER, Joseph - Geschichte der Holzschneidekunst (...) nebst zwei Beilagen, enthaltend den Ursprung der Spielkarten und ein Verzeichniß der sämmtlichen xylographischen Werke. Bamberg, Kunz, 1823, 8vo, quarter cloth (sl. rubbed, corners bumped), xii-457-[2-1 bl.] pp. (browning & foxing throughout, waterstain). Still good copy.
1st ed. ill. with 10 plates of which 6 folding (sm. tear on folds) and numerous ills throughout the text. Extr. rare early history of woodcuts. "One of the best German works on xylography, with a history of the origin of playing cards". Ref. Bigmore and Wyman I, p. 322. We join : Ritter, Franz - Illustrierter Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung des K.K. Österr. Museums für Kunst und Industrie. Wien, K.K. Österr. Museums, 1871 (I), v. Waldheim, 1889 (II), 2 parts in 1 vol., 4to, half leather, spine on 5 raised bands (discoloured, sl. rubbed). With numerous ills in text. - Boerner auction catalogues . Leipzig, 1913, 4to, half calf, 3 cat. in 1 vol. On English and French copper engrs, Napoleon and gothic miniatures. - Schottenloher, Karl - Das alte Buch. Berlin, Schmidt & Co, 1919, 8vo, publ. binding, 280 pp. At the end advertisements of the renowed auction houses of the time. - 17 auction catalogues on graphic artworks, sold mostly in Germany in the 1910's, from i.a. Max Perl (Berlin), Halle (Munich), Amsler & Ruthardt (Berlin), etc. (21 vols)