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Peter Quentel
An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published by Peter Guentel, Cologne. Illustrated title page, architectural border on reverse of title page, 99 pages of designs, arms of Cologne on last page (Merlos 1063.477, Van Worms). The woodcut on title is the lower part of the title of the 1532 edition of L6b in the MMA. The woodcut on verso of title was used first as the title on Lotz 3a Guentel's first book and again in 1529 (Lotz 3e, in MMA). According to Lotz loc.cit. there were three editions of this book, of which this is the second. The first appeared in 1541 (Lotz 216). Comparision with the unique copy of the 1541 in the V. & A. shows same blocks and patterns in different order. The arms of Cologne are by Anton Woensam von Worms (see Merlo loc.cit.). Damascene Morgand Cat.X.48.42079 describes a copy of this book with imprint: Gedruckt tzo Collen up dem Doenhoff dorch Peter Quentell, im jahr 1536, 52 ff. A, a-l - same title cut etc. Transcription of title in Morgand differs in spellings. See Bocher 29. 51 leaves (should have 52). Sigs: 4 prelim. unsigned leaves, A 4, a-b 4, c 3 (c i missing), d - l 4. See photostat hinged in book cover taken from c i recto and verso of Schoensperger 1524 with same patterns as those missing here. See additional notes in book on back flyleaf. Bound in dark brown leather, title stamped and gilded on spine.
Drawings and Prints
An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Department’s vast collection of works on paper comprises approximately 21,000 drawings, 1.2 million prints, and 12,000 illustrated books created in Europe and the Americas from about 1400 to the present day. Since its foundation in 1916, the Department has been committed to collecting a wide range of works on paper, which includes both pieces that are incredibly rare and lauded for their aesthetic appeal, as well as material that is more popular, functional, and ephemeral. The broad scope of the department’s collecting encourages questions of connoisseurship as well as those pertaining to function and context, and demonstrates the vital role that prints, drawings, and illustrated books have played throughout history.