Virgil Solis, “The Beast is Thrown into a Lake of Burning Sulphur”, c1560

Virgil Solis (1514–1562)

Double-sided woodcut printed leaf: (recto) “The Beast is Thrown into a Lake of Burning Sulphur”; (verso) “The Angel Throws Satan into the Abyss”;  (TIB titles), 1560 (and 1562 with the strapwork border as shown here), from the series of 220 woodcuts in woodcut borders by Vigil Solis, published in 1562 by Sigmund Feierabend (1528–1590) in Frankfurt and printed by Johann Rasch (fl.1556–1562) and David Zöpfel (aka David Zephelius) (fl.c.1555–1563) as illustrations to “Biblische Figuren des Alten Testaments / Biblische Figuren des Neuwen Testaments”.

Archive.org offers an online view of these prints in their context in the publication: https://archive.org/details/VirgilSolisBible1562/page/n231/mode/2up.

Regarding the publication in which these prints feature, the Curator of the British Museum advises: “The first edition was published in 1560. [This print with its strapwork frame features in] the second, enlarged edition, with 74 new images and woodcut borders from the 1561 Bible. The New Testament part is wrongly dated 1552 on the title-page” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1870-0625-191-411). Note that the title page to the edition of shown by Archive.org shows the date “MDLXII” (1562): https://archive.org/details/VirgilSolisBible1562/page/n115/mode/2up. 

Woodcuts printed on both sides of laid paper trimmed with a small margin around the strapwork borderline (recto) and backed with a support sheet with a window so that each side of the sheet may be seen.

Size: (sheet) 14.4 x 17 cm.

Letterpress text recto: (above the image borderline) “APOCALYPSIS XIX./ Vltima narrantur cœlestis prælia pugnæ,/ Qua ferus æthereo concidit ense Draco.// Iā pereunt quotquot Dominū impugnare parabāt,/ Mergitur ardenti bestia sæualacu.” ([transl.] “Revelation 19 The last heavenly battles are recounted. With this the ethereal beast fell down with the dragon's sword. Now perish as many as were preparing to attack the Lord. He is drowned in the burning beast of the sea.” Note that Revelation 19 is the nineteenth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.)

Lettered recto in plate with the artist’s monogram along the lower edge: (left) “V”; (right) “S”.

Lettered verso in plate with the artist’s monogram in cartouche at lower centre: “VS”.

TIB 19.1.215–1.216 (Jane S Peters & Walter L Strauss [eds.] 1987, “The Illustrated Bartsch: German Masters of the Sixteenth Century”, vol. 19 [Part 1], p. 392, cat. nos. 1.215–1.216).

Condition: strong and well-printed impressions showing very few signs of wear to the printing plate, trimmed around the strapwork borderline(s) with small margins and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper that is window-cut allowing both sides of the sheet to be seen. The sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds or significant stains.

I am selling this superb double-sided leaf of woodcuts for a total cost of AU$227 (currently US$155.72/EUR139.65/GBP116.68 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$227) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this small but visually arresting double-sided leaf of woodcuts, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This leaf of woodcuts has been sold

Virgil Solis' woodcut: “David and Goliath”, 1560

Virgil Solis (1514–1562)

“David and Goliath” (1 Sam. 17) (TIB title), 1560 (and 1561–1565 with the strapwork border as shown here), from the two-part series of 218 woodcuts in woodcut borders by Vigil Solis, published in 1561 and 1562 by Sigmund Feierabend (1528–1590) in Frankfurt and printed by Johann Rasch (fl.1556–1562) and David Zöpfel (aka David Zephelius) (fl.c.1555–1563), as illustrations to “Biblische Figuren des Alten Testaments / Biblische Figuren des Neuwen Testaments”. The impression shown in TIB is from the 1565 edition.

Archive.org offers an online view of this print in its context in the 1562 edition of the publication: https://archive.org/details/VirgilSolisBible1562/page/n59/mode/2up.     

Regarding the publication in which these prints feature, the Curator of the British Museum advises: “The first edition was published in 1560. [This print with its strapwork frame features in] the second, enlarged edition, with 74 new images and woodcut borders from the 1561 Bible. The New Testament part is wrongly dated 1552 on the title-page” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1870-0625-191-411).

Jane S Peters in TIB (1987) advises that there are thirty-one different and interchangeable strapwork borders and not the twenty-four as Bartsch states (p. 283).

Woodcut on laid paper, printed with letterpress text verso, trimmed with a small margin around the strapwork borderline and backed with a support sheet providing wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 12.2 x 15.8 cm.

Inscribed within the inner image borderline with the artist's monogram at the lower-left corner: "VS".

TIB 19 (Part 1) 1.50 (Jane S Peters & Walter L Strauss [eds.] 1987, “The Illustrated Bartsch: German Masters of the Sixteenth Century”, vol. 19 [Part 1], p. 308, cat. no. 1.50 [316]).

Condition: a strong and well-printed early impression showing minimal wear to the printing plate, trimmed with a small margin around the strapwork borderline and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds or significant stains.

I am selling this superb impression of a remarkably fine Renaissance woodcut for a total cost of AU$237 (currently/approximately US$159.19/EUR147.54/GBP124.88 at the time of posting this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$237) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this small but visually arresting woodcut, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold

Virgil Solis' double-sided woodcuts: “St Matthew" & “St Mark”, 1560

Virgil Solis (1514–1562)

Double-sided woodcut: (Recto) “St Matthew the Evangelist (Matt. 1)”; (Verso) “St Mark the Evangelist (Mark 1)”;  (TIB titles), 1560 (and 1562 with the strapwork border as shown here), from the series of 220 woodcuts in woodcut borders by Vigil Solis, published in 1562 by Sigmund Feierabend (1528–1590) in Frankfurt and printed by Johann Rasch (fl.1556–1562) and David Zöpfel (aka David Zephelius) (fl.c.1555–1563), as illustrations to “Biblische Figuren des Alten Testaments / Biblische Figuren des Neuwen Testaments”.

Archive.org offers an online view of these prints in their context in the publication: https://archive.org/details/VirgilSolisBible1562/page/n117/mode/2up.    

Regarding the publication in which these prints feature, the Curator of the British Museum advises: “The first edition was published in 1560. [This print with its strapwork frame features in] the second, enlarged edition, with 74 new images and woodcut borders from the 1561 Bible. The New Testament part is wrongly dated 1552 on the title-page” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1870-0625-191-411). Note that the title page to the edition of shown by Archive.org shows the date “MDLXII” (1562): https://archive.org/details/VirgilSolisBible1562/page/n115/mode/2up. 

Woodcuts printed on both sides of laid paper trimmed with a small margin around the strapwork borderline and backed with a support sheet with a window so that each side of the sheet may be seen.

Size: (sheet) 14.2 x 16.9 cm.

“St Matthew the Evangelist (Matt. 1)” lettered with the artist's initials at lower left, "V", and at lower right, "S"; and showing the initials of the publisher on tablet at lower centre, "S.F.".  

“St Mark the Evangelist (Mark 1)” lettered with the artist's monogram at lower right, "VS".

TIB 19 (Part 1) 1.103 and 1.104 (Jane S Peters & Walter L Strauss [eds.] 1987, “The Illustrated Bartsch: German Masters of the Sixteenth Century”, vol. 19 [Part 1], p. 336).

Condition: strong and well-printed impressions showing very few signs of wear to the printing plate, trimmed around the strapwork borderline(s) with small margins and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper that is window-cut allowing both sides of the sheet to be seen. The sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds or significant stains.

I am selling this superb double-sided leaf of woodcuts for a total cost of AU$227 (currently US$151.73/EUR137.28/GBP120.85 at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this small but visually arresting double-sided leaf of woodcuts, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This sheet of prints has been sold

Virgil Solis’ woodcut, “Samson Rends the Lion”, 1560/2

Virgil Solis (1514–1562)

“Samson Rends the Lion” (TIB title) with letterpress text verso, 1560 (and 1562 with the strapwork border), from the series of 220 woodcuts in woodcut borders by Vigil Solis, published in 1562 by Sigmund Feierabend (1528–1590) in Frankfurt and printed by Johann Rasch (fl.1556–1562) and David Zöpfel (aka David Zephelius) (fl.c.1555–1563), as illustrations to “Biblische Figuren des Alten Testaments / Biblische Figuren des Neuwen Testaments”. Archive.org offers an online view of this print in its context in the publication; see https://archive.org/details/VirgilSolisBible1562/page/n51/mode/2up.    

Regarding the publication in which this print features, the Curator of the British Museum advises: “The first edition was published in 1560. [This print with its strapwork frame features in] the second, enlarged edition, with 74 new images and woodcut borders from the 1561 Bible. The New Testament part is wrongly dated 1552 on the title-page” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1870-0625-191-411).

Woodcut on early laid paper trimmed around the strapwork borderline with letterpress text verso and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 11.7 x 15.8 cm.

TIB 19 (Part 1) (9) 1.41 (316) (Jane S Peters & Walter L Strauss [Eds.] 1987, “The Illustrated Bartsch: German Masters of the Sixteenth Century”, vol. 19 [Part 1], p. 304).

Condition: a well-printed impression showing some signs of wear to the printing plate trimmed around the strapwork borderline and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper. The sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds or stains.

I am selling this superb woodcut created in 1560 for a total cost of AU$227 (currently US$151.73/EUR137.28/GBP120.85 at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world.

If you are interested in purchasing this small but visually arresting woodcut, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold

Jost Amman’s woodcut, “The Fowler”, 1568

Jost Amman (aka Jost Ammon) (1539–1591)

“The Fowler” (aka “Auceps. Der Vogler”), 1568, from the series of 133 woodcut illustrations to Hartmann Schopper’s (1542–c1595) “Panoplia Omnium illiberalium mechanicarum aut sedentariarum artium ...” (aka “Book of Trades”), published by  Sigmund Feierabend (aka Sigmund Feyerabend; Sigismund Feyrabend) (1528–1590) in 1568 in Frankfurt am Main.  

Jane S Peters ([ed]. TIB 20, Part 2 [1985]) offers the following translation of the lengthy title of the publication in which this woodcut features: “A Panoply of all practical, mechanical or sedentary trades which were ever devised by the ancients or by various men of our time, briefly and clearly set forth. This constitutes the first book of poems which is then made useful and pleasurable to read through a marvelously varied supply of newly invented topics and terms. Also included are the most elegant illustrations providing the reader with a vivid picture of the activity of all the artisans, the like of which has heretofore never been seen or published. By Hartmann Schopper of Nuremberg. Published in Frankfurt am Main, 1568.” (p. 667, cat. no. 8 [371]).

Woodcut on fine laid paper trimmed with a narrow margin around the image borderline and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 8.3 x 6.5 cm; (image borderline) 7.9 x 6.1 cm.

TIB 20.8.102 (371) (Jane S Peters 1985, “The Illustrated Bartsch: German Masters of the Sixteenth Century”, vol. 20 [Part 2], New York, Abaris Books, p. 693, cat. no. 8.102 [ 371]); New Hollstein (German) 51.102.

The British Museum offers the following description of this print: “One of 133 woodcut book-illustrations, showing an open landscape with a huntsman, on his right side a dog, and on his left hand a falcon, across his shoulders a rifle, in the background a lake with waterfowl” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1904-0206-103-101).

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed (near faultless) impression showing no sign of wear to the printing plate suggesting that this is a lifetime/early impression, trimmed with a narrow margin around the borderline and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing larger margins. The lower left margin corner is clipped otherwise the sheet is in an excellent condition.

I am selling this superb (museum quality) woodcut showing a hunter with his gun, dog and falcon for AU$288 in total (currently US$206.56/EUR194.35/GBP164.25 at the time of posting this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this marvellous impression—possibly a lifetime impression from 1568 based on the quality of the line showing no sign of wear to the printing plate—by one of the most famous of the old master printmakers, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Note that I would prefer to sell this print with Heinrich Knoefler’s wood engraving, “A Hunter Meeting Saint Wolfgang”, 1866, after Ludwig Seitz (see https://www.printsandprinciples.com/2022/04/heinrich-knoeflers-wood-engraving.html) for the total combined price for the two prints of AU$435 (currently US$311.80/EUR293.56/GBP248.01).

This print has been sold (along with the print by Knoefler)