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b. 1561 - d. 1623

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  • JOHANN THEODOR DE BRY (1561-1623) AFTER HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-1550) - The Country Fair
    Jan. 29, 2019

    JOHANN THEODOR DE BRY (1561-1623) AFTER HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-1550) - The Country Fair

    Est: $1,800 - $2,500

    JOHANN THEODOR DE BRY (1561-1623) AFTER HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-1550) The Country Fair Sheet 92 x 280 mm. (Holl. 12) Plate 50 x 228 mm., Sheet 55 x 239 mm. (Holl. 16) Plate 48 x 284 mm., Sheet 57 x 293 mm. (Holl. 27) (3)

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  • DE BRY, Johann Theodor (1561-1623) and Johann Israel DE BRY (c. 1565- c.1609).Emblemata saecularia...Weltliche lustige neuwe Kunststück, der jetzigen Welt lauff fürbildende….Frankfurt: Io. Theodor and Io. Israel de Bry, 1596. [Bound with:] BRUCK, Jacobus à.Emblemata pro toga et sago. Nuremberg: Widow and Heirs of Paul Fürst, [c. 1690].
    Jun. 16, 2015

    DE BRY, Johann Theodor (1561-1623) and Johann Israel DE BRY (c. 1565- c.1609).Emblemata saecularia...Weltliche lustige neuwe Kunststück, der jetzigen Welt lauff fürbildende….Frankfurt: Io. Theodor and Io. Israel de Bry, 1596. [Bound with:] BRUCK, Jacobus à.Emblemata pro toga et sago. Nuremberg: Widow and Heirs of Paul Fürst, [c. 1690].

    Est: £25,000 - £35,000

    DE BRY, Johann Theodor (1561-1623) and Johann Israel DE BRY (c. 1565- c.1609). Emblemata saecularia... Weltliche lustige neuwe Kunststück, der jetzigen Welt lauff fürbildende…. Frankfurt: Io. Theodor and Io. Israel de Bry, 1596. [Bound with:] BRUCK, Jacobus à. Emblemata pro toga et sago. Nuremberg: Widow and Heirs of Paul Fürst, [c. 1690]. 2 works in one volume, 4º (175 x 134mm). First work: Engraved allegorical title border, 101 engraved plates (of 102?) by Theodor de Bry, comprising an introductory plate of Minerva seated with blank shield, 50 numbered plates of emblems, and 50 (of 51?) unnumbered plates of blank escutcheons, some repeated. (Title cut down at margins and mounted, some text margins cut close.) Second work: Title in red and black, 45 numbered engraved plates of emblems. (Some browning.) Late 17th-century green vellum, covers with triple fillet border and centrally placed arms of the marquis de Ménars [Olivier 185, fer 1], his gilt monogram repeated in spine panels, red edges (some darkening and discolouration, rubbing to joints and corners, upper joints slightly split). Provenance: Jean-Jacques Charron, marquis de Ménars (1644-1718; binding) – [Armand Gaston, Cardinal de Rohan (1674-1749)] --- Charles de Rohan, Prince de Soubise (1715-1787; his shelfmark on front pastedown; in his sale, 12 January 1789, part of lot 4247). A CHOICE COPY OF TWO EMBLEM BOOKS. RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE EMBLEMATA SAECULARIA WITH ENGRAVINGS AFTER PETER BREUGHEL THE ELDER, BOUND FOR THE MARQUIS DE MENARS. The Emblemata saecularia by the brothers De Bry is illustrated with evocative and fantastical engravings, six after Breughel the Elder and the remainder after Hieronymous Bosch, Hans Bol and Martin de Vos, among others. The work consists of an engraved allegorical title, a portrait of Minerva and 100 plates of escutcheons and compositions printed in alternation. Collations of copies vary but may in fact represent different ways of describing the same number of plates and escutcheons. For instance, Praz calls for 50 plates and 52 escutcheons but does not mention the engraved title or Minerva plate; Praz cites the White Knight-Yates Thompson-Bright copy and the Asburnham-Edwards-Hoe copy (sale New York, 12 Nov.1912, lot 935), both of which contain the Minerva plate plus 50 plates and 50 escutcheons, as does the present copy. Jacobus à Bruck's Emblemata comprises 45 plates selected from his Emblemata moralia & bellica, published in 1615. Jean-Jacques Charron, marquis de Menars (1644-1718), brother-in-law of Colbert, purchased the de Thou library when it was sent to auction in 1680. In 1706, this collection, enlarged by Menars, totalled 20,000 volumes and was purchased by Cardinal de Rohan, Prince de Soubise. Afterwards, the marquis de Menars built up a second library which was put up for sale in 1720 by the Dutch dealer Abraham de Hondt. Praz, pp. 47-50 & 290. Landwehr, German 154. Adams B-2981. Ad 2: Praz, p. 287. Landwehr, German 149. Princeton 147. For Ménars, see Olivier, Hermal, De Roton pl. 185 (fers 1 & 4) and Guigard II, 125-126. For De Thou and Soubise, see Antoine Coron, 'Quelques aspects de la bibliothèque de Jacques-Auguste de Thou' in Bulletin du bibliophile (1988); Soultrait 17th century 52.

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  • Bry, Johann Theodor de
    Jun. 28, 2014

    Bry, Johann Theodor de

    Est: - €450

    Bry, Johann Theodor de (1561 Straßburg - Bad Schwalbach 1623). 14 Bl. mit emblematischen Darstellungen. Kupferstiche n. P. Brueghel aus "Emblemata saecularia". 1596. Kl.8°. Jwls. mit latein. Spruch unter d. Darst. Unter Passep. mont. In Mappe.

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  • JOHANN THEODORE DE BRY (1561-1623) A procession of
    May. 12, 2014

    JOHANN THEODORE DE BRY (1561-1623) A procession of

    Est: £100 - £200

    JOHANN THEODORE DE BRY (1561-1623) A procession of soldiers, some with pyke staff and some with guns and with musicians setting time, a copper plate engraving, 4.5cm x 28.5cm together with a further copper plate engraving by the same artist depicting a curious procession of figures, some on horseback, some walking with carts and all being followed by 'Death' and his attendants, 6.5cm x 28cm (2)

    Mallams
  • BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598) and Johann Theodor de BRY (1561-1623). [ Great Voyages . America, in Latin]. Frankfurt: Johann Wechel for Theodor de Bry, 1590-1597. [ Comprising :]
    Jun. 13, 2012

    BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598) and Johann Theodor de BRY (1561-1623). [ Great Voyages . America, in Latin]. Frankfurt: Johann Wechel for Theodor de Bry, 1590-1597. [ Comprising :]

    Est: £18,000 - £25,000

    BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598) and Johann Theodor de BRY (1561-1623). [Great Voyages. America, in Latin]. Frankfurt: Johann Wechel for Theodor de Bry, 1590-1597. [Comprising:] I. [Hariot's Virginia.] Admiranda narratio fida tamen, de commodis et incolarium ritibus Virginiae, 1590. Double-page map of Virginia, 22 engraved plates numbered II-XXIII (most in state I but some in state II), 5 engraved plates numbered 1-5. (Lacking engraved title, engraved plate of 'Adam and Eve' on d6, text to plate XX on D1, small tear to B8). FIRST EDITION, mostly first issue. Sabin III, pp. 24-26; Church 140. II. [Le Moyne's Florida.] Brevis Narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae Provicia Gallis acciderunt.. auctore Jacobo le Moyne, 1591 [but 1609]. Engraved title, map of Florida, 42 engraved plates. (Lacking a letterpress title to plates on A1 and blank H2). SECOND EDITION WITH THE PLATES FROM THE FIRST EDITION. Sabin pp. 30-32; Church 145-146. III. [Stadius's Brazil.] Americae tertia pars memorabile provinciae Brasiliae historiam contines, Germanico primum sermone scriptam a Ioanne Stadio, 1592 [but ca. 1597]. 2 engraved titles, engraved plate with seven scutcheons in second state, double-page folding map 'Americae pars magis cognita', 30 engraved plates repeated to 44 (of 45) impressions, full-page Adam and Eve plate on p. 144, with a2 wrongly signed as aI. (Lacking 2H1-2H4). FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE. Sabin pp. 33-35; Church 149. IV. [Benzoni's History of the New World.] Americae pars quarta, sive, Insignis & Admiranda Historia de reperta primum Occidentali India Christophoro Columbo Anno M.CCCCXCII scripta ab Hieronymo Bezono, 1594. 2 engraved titles, double-page map of occidental America. (Edges of map repaired.) SECOND EDITION. O3 is not wrongly printed E3. Sabin pp. 36-37; Church 155. V. [Benzoni's History, continued.] Americae pars quinta... secundae sectionis Hia [Historiae] Hispanorum. 1595. 2 engraved frontispiece, double-page map of new Spain dated 1595. FIRST EDITION but with the title of the second edition (with the word 'Hia'). Sabin pp. 38-39; Church 156. VI. [Benzoni's History, concluded.] Americae pars sexta, sive historiae ab Hieronymo Benzono... scriptae, sectio tertia. 1596. 28 plates. (Lacking text leaves, double-page engraved plan of Cuzco, double-page engraved map of the Western Hemisphere). FIRST EDITION. Bound within the first book. Sabin pp. 39-40; Church 158. Together parts I-VI only (of 13) in one volume, 2° (341 x 230mm). Engraved title in second state with 'Theodor' and 'Feirabendi'. (Occasional browning, sometimes heavy.) Contemporary mottled calf (rebacked, hinges cracked, spine rubbed). Provenance: RB (red 'Rejectaneis' stamp from the Reale Biblioteca Borbonica in Naples on title) -- canceled stamp on title. FIRST AND SECOND EDITIONS OF THEODOR DE BRY'S GREAT VOYAGES: AMERICA. It includes the map of Virginia, engraved by De Bry from a manuscript by John White, which is ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CARTOGRAPHICAL MILESTONES IN COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA HISTORY. The Great Voyages became the foundation work on the Americas and were largely responsible for the European conception of the New World. Because of the numerous variations between sets of de Bry and the difficulty of establishing an ideal collation, this copy is sold not subject to return.

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  • BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598) and Johann Theodor de BRY (1561-1623). [ Great Voyages. ] Frankfurt: Johann Wechel, Johann Feyerabendt, Matthias Becker and Wolfgang Richter for Theodor de Bry, 1590-1601.
    Oct. 27, 2010

    BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598) and Johann Theodor de BRY (1561-1623). [ Great Voyages. ] Frankfurt: Johann Wechel, Johann Feyerabendt, Matthias Becker and Wolfgang Richter for Theodor de Bry, 1590-1601.

    Est: £70,000 - £100,000

    BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598) and Johann Theodor de BRY (1561-1623). [Great Voyages.] Frankfurt: Johann Wechel, Johann Feyerabendt, Matthias Becker and Wolfgang Richter for Theodor de Bry, 1590-1601. Parts I-IX in 3 volumes, 2° (350 x 250mm), with the 'Additamentum' to part VIII, but without the 'Additamentum' to part IX. 12 engraved decorative title-pages (10 with German titles printed onto overslips), 4 typographic title-pages with engraved maps or vignettes, 5 dedication leaves with engraved arms and 2 full-page engraved plates of arms, 4 typographic part- or section-titles, 7 double-page engraved maps (3 folding), one full-page engraved map, full-page engraved plate 'Adam und Eva' to part I, repeated in part III, signed 'Theodore de Brij fe' not 'se', 2 folding engraved plates, one double-page engraved view, 9 full-page engraved plates, and 221 engraved text-illustrations. ('Additamentum' to part VIII bound in volume III in the middle of part IX, just before 'Historische Relation', spotting and browning throughout, heavy to parts II-V, tear to vertical fold and fore-edge, but without loss, to plate XVIII in part I, engraved title to part V with marginal loss at fore-edge and small chip into image, minor expert repairs to edges of map of Guiana at end of part VIII.) Contemporary flexible vellum, gilt lettering pieces to spines, copper section tabs (lacking ties, labels and extremities lightly rubbed, very short crack to spine of vol. I, light scattered spotting and staining to covers); modern cloth boxes. Provenance: ANTON FUGGER (1552-1616, gilt armorial stamps to upper covers dated 1586) -- gilt armorial stamps probably of a bishop to rear covers with a charge of a crowned column flanked by a pair of affronted crowned lions, the shield beneath an ecclesiastical hat with single tassles, a cross and a crosier (name or motto erased in all three cases, arms erased on first two vols) -- Bibliothek Schloss Dyck (?stamps removed; sold by Venator & Hanstein, 14 December 1992, lot 76). FIRST GERMAN EDITIONS OF DE BRY'S 'GREAT VOYAGES' DEDICATED TO THE AMERICAS, WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL PROVENANCE. De Bry was born at Liège into a family of engravers active in the Low Countries and Germany. By 1570 he had left the city as a Protestant refugee, and his peregrinations took him in 1586-7 to London. There, he engraved a depiction of the elaborate funeral procession of Sir Philip Sidney. At the same time he met the geographer Richard Hakluyt (1552?-1616), and illustrated his English translation of Thomas Hariot's Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia (1590). Upon his return to Frankfurt, de Bry started to produce his 'Great Voyages' (so named after the format) relating to North and South America, as well as his 'Small Voyages' regarding the East Indies and Africa. Although his intention was to publish in Latin, English, French and German, only part I of the 'Great Voyages' was published in all four languages, with the rest issued in Latin and German only. De Bry's time in London was to heavily influence his 'Great Voyages'. Part I was originally meant to have been a description of Florida illustrated by engravings of Jacques le Moyne's drawings. However, Walter Raleigh persuaded de Bry to devote this first part to Virginia in order to promote colonisation, and the description of the French expedition and the Florida tribes appeared as part II. Part VIII (published after de Bry's death) focuses on the English voyages to Guiana, and the title-page to the 'Additamentum' has a fine engraved map of Francis Drake's circumnavigation (Shirley 219). Cartographically the 'Great Voyages' are very significant (the Virginia map in part I, present in this copy in the extremely rare third state, is discussed in lot 14; Burden 76). A fine double-page engraved map of North and South America appears in part VI, 'America sive novus orbis respectu europaeorum inferior globi terrestris pars 1596'. Although largely derived from Petrus Plancius' world map of 1594, this is its only appearance in the first editions of the 'Great Voyages', and was to set a new standard and style in cartography: 'This beautifully engraved map follows the style de Bry was becoming known for; he was one of the major influences encouraging the full decoration of maps. Right through the noted Dutch period this fashion was to become prevalent' (Burden 91). The armorial stamps on the binding show that these volumes belonged to Anton Fugger, Herr von Hainhofen (1552-1616). Anton was grandson of Raymond Fugger (1489-1535); his great-uncle was Anton Fugger (1493-1560). This Anton had inherited from his childless uncle, Jacob Fugger the Rich (1459-1525), some 2,032,652 guilders worth of Fugger company assests. Forming a business triumvirate with their cousin Hieronymous Fugger, Anton and Raymond expanded their trade throughout Europe and into the New World, establishing trade and mining concerns in Brazil, Mexico and the West Indies. It would therefore be natural that the grandson born into the Fugger dynasty with international business interests would own a detailed account of the history and the colonies of the Americas. UNSOPHISTICATED COPIES IN CONTEMPORARY BINDINGS ARE EXTREMELY RARE. Church 176, 179, 181, 183, 186, 188, 191, 194, 195; Sabin III, pp.49ff. (3)

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