![[Fridolin, Stephan (1430-1498)], Der Schatzbehalter der wahren Reichtümer des Heils, November 1491. Nuremberg. Anton Koberger.](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_1600,h_1600,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/hsrarebooks/images/view/d71abf55a80f04e8c8d163ebd587a73ej/hsrarebooks-fridolin-stephan-1430-1498-der-schatzbehalter-der-wahren-reichtu-mer-des-heils-november-1491.-nuremberg.-anton-koberger..jpg)
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[Fridolin, Stephan (1430-1498)]
A landmark in book illustration and one of the first books in which the woodcuts can be attributed to a known artist.
Folio, (333 x 226 mm). 352 ff., lacking first and last blank; 40 lines and headline, double column, printed guide-letters. Iluminated by a contemporary South German, probably Nuremberg artist: 8- 9- and 11-line opening initial in various colours on gilt ground, each with wide floral border extension in blue, red, green and gilt on fore- and lower-margins, a 6-line initial in blue and red, other 2-4-line initials and paragraph marks in alternating red and blue, some leaves ruled in red. 96 full-page woodcuts from 91 blocks by Michael Wolgemut, Michael Pleydenwurff and their workshop, woodcut Hebrew letters on d4. Nineteenth century blind-tooled russet calf. A very fresh and clean illuminated copy, G2, t1 and t6 probably supplied from another copy, a few leaves with marginal repairs, P6 with marginal worming and P1 with upper inner corner renewed, affecting a few letters.
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