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[King David playing the harp.]
[Engraved by Georg Lemberger.]
[Wittenburg: Hans Lufft, c.1550?]
Woodcut. Sheet 115 x 140mm (4½ x 5½"). Trimmed to printed border, small loss right bottom, laid on album paper.
King David seated on a throne playing the harp, the Holy Spirit as a dove flying above his head. ''The series of Old Testament illustrations appears to have been first published in the Low German Bible printed by Michael Lotter in Magdeburg, 1536. Others were added in following editions (see Dodgson, II, p. 366).The majority of the BM impressions are from a High German Bible apparently printed by Lufft, probably the 1550 edition'' (BM 1848,0304.8). BM 1848,0304.110.
[Ref: 49771] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Job praying for his three friends.]
[Engraved by Georg Lemberger.]
[Wittenburg, c.1550?]
Woodcut. Sheet 120 x 140mm (4¾ x 5½"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
Job praying for his three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar. ''The series of Old Testament illustrations appears to have been first published in the Low German Bible printed by Michael Lotter in Magdeburg, 1536. Others were added in following editions (see Dodgson, II, p. 366).The majority of the BM impressions are from a High German Bible apparently printed by Lufft, probably the 1550 edition'' (BM 1848,0304.8). BM 1848,0304.109.
[Ref: 49773] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
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