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Der Ritter vom Turn (The Knight of the Tower)
Illustrated by: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
Illustrated by: Urs Graf (German (Switzerland), about 1485–1527 or 1528)
Author: Geoffroy de Latour Landry (14th century)
Printer: Michael Furter (died in 1517)
Illustrated by: Urs Graf (German (Switzerland), about 1485–1527 or 1528)
Author: Geoffroy de Latour Landry (14th century)
Printer: Michael Furter (died in 1517)
1513
Place of Publication: Basel, Switzerland
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 46 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 28.8 x 20 x 2.6 cm (11 5/16 x 7 7/8 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
Frances Draper Colburn Fund, by exchange
Accession Number54.1789
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Basel: Michael Furter, 19 November 1513
Catalogue Raisonné
Meder, Books VI, 1513; Panofsky 436c
Description(Basel: Michael Furter, 19 November 1513) Folio; 72 leaves; blind-stamped brown calf binding, brass clasps; brown cloth box.
Illustrations: Title-page border by Urs Graf; illustrations largely attributed to Dürer. Second edition with these cuts. A new decorative woodcut title border by Urs Graf dated 1513, sometimes printed in red and black (here, black only). Two portraits of saints on the title verso are also by Graf (one monogrammed). Beginning of text on fol. a2r printed in red.
Illustrations: Title-page border by Urs Graf; illustrations largely attributed to Dürer. Second edition with these cuts. A new decorative woodcut title border by Urs Graf dated 1513, sometimes printed in red and black (here, black only). Two portraits of saints on the title verso are also by Graf (one monogrammed). Beginning of text on fol. a2r printed in red.
ProvenanceInitials IL and date 1570 stamped on binding; Studien Bibliothek, Salzburg; William H. Schab, New York, from whom purchased by MFA, December 9, 1954.