‎BAEDEKER, Karl‎
‎The Rhine‎

‎Early Engravers and their Public The Master of the Berlin Passion and Manuscripts from Convents in the Rhine-Maas Region, ca. 1450-1500‎

‎, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2004 Hardcover with dusjacket, 384 pages ., 178 b/w ill. + 67 colour ill. + + ills., 225 x 300 mm, Languages: English. ISBN 9781872501529.‎

‎This is a book about the production and reception of engravings and metalcuts in the Rhine-Maas region during the second half of the fifteenth century. The Master of the Berlin Passion played a pivotal role in the printmaking industry of the Lower Rhine during this period. He, together with the engravers working in his ambit, specifically targeted their prints at the growing market for illustrated devotional manuscripts, doing so to an extent unparalleled by engravers elsewhere in Europe. As a result, experimental hybrid books combining manuscript and engraving were a phenomenon that flourished particularly in the Rhine-Maas region during the fifteenth century. The first part of this book deals with the production of engravings and metalcuts for the manuscript market, concentrating specifically on the Master of the Berlin Passion and the engravers and metalcutters in his circle. The motives of these printmakers related to broader cultural and social changes during the latter half of the fifteenth century. These were critical years of transition in methods of book production as printmakers and manuscript-makers across Europe strove to exploit the potential of new print technology combined with traditional craft skills. The second part of the book concentrates on the public for whom these printmakers worked. Prints that were pasted, bound or sewn into contemporary manuscripts, and which still remain in position, provide an unparalled opportunity to study the audiences of engravings and metalcuts. The vast majority of fifteenth-century prints no longer survive, and most of those that do are divorced from the original contexts in which they were used. These manuscripts thus provide an invaluable insight into the production, reception, circulation, meanings and functions of prints in the Rhine-Maas region at this time. The predominantly female ownership of Rhine-Maas manuscripts with inserted engravings is a major theme of the book. Most of the manuscripts discussed are vernacular prayerbooks or Books of Hours that belonged either to nuns or to members of the lay female gentry in the Low Countries. In many cases the books can be linked to the pietistic reform movement of the Devotio Moderna suggesting that, as in other areas of Northern Europe, there was a link between the use of prints and movements of monastic reform. This book contributes to our understanding of an important circle of print artists and their public; early uses of printing during the period of transition from manuscript to print; the functions of, and aesthetic attitudes towards, engravings in the fifteenth century and the role of engravings in religious devotion prior to the Reformation, particularly among women. Review "Tant pour l'analyse exemplaire d'une production parfaitement localis e, que pour la clart de la m thode utilis e, la rigueur de la d monstration comme de la documentation, et l'importance des probl matiques soulev es, cet ouvrage sera d sormais une r f rence essentielle sur l'illustration et l'usage du livre la fin du Moyen ge, et les mutations artistiques, intellectuelles, religieuses et sociales qu'il r v le" (C. Heck dans le Bulletin Monumental, N 164-III, 2006, p.324-326) "This book is to be highly recommended to historians of visual art, late-medieval and early-modern culture, and gender studies. this excellent book is richly illustrated."A. Stewart in Speculum, April 2006, p. 627-628)‎

‎"The romans on the Rhine Collection ""Rheinisches land "" Volume 4 Sommaire: Caesar's advance to the Rhine; Economic boom in the Rhineland under the romans; Roman architecture; Life in the country ..."‎

‎Au bureau du journal. non daté. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 91 pages augmentées de quelques photos en noir et blanc dans et hors texte. Jaquette légèrement déchirée sur premier plat.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon‎

‎Sommaire: Caesar's advance to the Rhine; Economic boom in the Rhineland under the romans; Roman architecture; Life in the country ... Texte écrit en anglais. Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon‎

‎Auerbach Berthold. Cottage on the Rhine. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Auerbak‎

‎Auerbach Berthold. Cottage on the Rhine. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Auerbakh Bertold. Dacha na Reyne. Short description: In Russian (ask us if in doubt).The novel in Duchs three books on the Rhine is part of the circle of n. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb04a231c91d578312‎

‎LORD LYTTON'S NOVELS (Ernest Maltravers. Alice, Or the Mysteries. The last days of Pompeii. Leila, Or the Siege of Granada, Calderon the Courtier, The Pilgrims of the Rhine)‎

‎George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. Non daté. In-8. Relié demi-cuir. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. Env. 600 pages (plusieurs paginations). Recueil. Texte sur 2 colonnes. Titre et filets dorés sur le dos. Etiquette de code sur la couverture. Quelques tampons de bibliothèque.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon‎

‎Ernest Maltravers. Alice, Or the Mysteries. The last days of Pompeii. Leila, Or the Siege of Granada, Calderon the Courtier, The Pilgrims of the Rhine. Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon‎

‎"A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine, from Metz to Cologne ; with illustrations of the scenes of remarkable events, and of popular traditions. Embellished with twenty-four highly finished and coloured engravings, from the drawings of M. Schutz ; and accompanied by a map. Translated from the German by John Black."‎

‎" London, published by R. Ackermann, 1820, large in-4°, 33,5 x 27,2 cm, XIV pp + (2)nn pp + 178 pp + 24 full page coloured engravings + 1 folding map (complete). With the list of subscribers. Folding map with the routes hand-coloured . Bound in later quarter red morocco, raised gilt and decorated spine, top edge gilt. (signed binding Bayntun - Rivière of Bath). Title page with a closed tear in the fore-margin, very occasional slight offsetting and toning of text, else a very nice and clean copy. Plates 1, 4, 11 , 13 , 17 , 21 , 23 are unnumbered (thus from the first issue); text watermarked II S&S, 1817 , 1818 and 1819 ; plates watermarked ''Turkey Mills 1818 ?''. Abbey Travel item 217. Tooley item 234. This is a fine copy of one of the quintessential English colour plate books and one of the finest Rhine-Albums ever published. The first edition, in German, appeared in 1819, without illustrations. Schütz designed for this English illustrated edition some beautiful views of Bacharach , Bingen , Boppard , Braubach , Johannisberg , Koblenz , Köln, Mainz , Oberwezel, St. Goar ..[...].."‎