Catalogue of Early Prints in the British Museum Volume 2

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... This engraving appeared in the Wiirzburg Missal printed by George Keyser in the year 1484. On the verso of the present impression is Latin typographic text. Neither signature or date is present. Colour has been applied to parts of the engraving. 6 in. x 7 in. Cut. H 87. The Arms of the Bishop of Eichatedt--Lower Germany, second half of the 15th Century. A circular print, described by Bartsch, vol. x., p. 58, No. 37. Referred to by Passavant, vol. ii., p. 99, No. 89. Without signature and date. Diameter of whole 6f in. Cut. H 88. Wild Woman and Unicorn--Lower Germany, second half of the 15th Century. Described by Bartsch, vol. vi., p. 37, No. 93. On the subject of a unicorn taking refuge in the lap of a virgin, the first volume of the present Catalogue, p. 125, may be referred to for some important details. Without signature and date. 3 in. x 2 in. Cut. H 89. Ornamental design, Man and Woman in Combat--Lower Germany, second half of the 15th Century. On the left-hand side of the central ornament of an arabesque flower or foliage, is a naked man on the back of a unicorn, advancing towards the right. On the opposite side is a naked female on horseback, galloping towards the man. Both persons are armed--the man with a rake poised as a lance, and the woman with a distaff which she carries as a lance against the man. On the scroll-like foliage above the head of the latter a paroquet is perched; above the head of the woman is another bird, with outspread wings. In the middle of the central divaricating foliage is a large cockatoo-like bird. The action of the figures is with the left hand of each combatant. Bartsch (vol. x., p. 64, No. 13) describes a like print in subject to the present one, but in reverse. The print described by Bartsch is...