![KENTUCKY mEMOIR - BEYOND DARK HILLS - JESSE STUART 1938: BEYOND DARK HILLS by Jesse Stuart Dutton Pub, 1938, First Edition stated, 399pp woodcut illustrations by Ishmael. Tales of growing up in eastern Kentucky. BOX7 Please note that this lot has a confiden](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/334221/180603052_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719349708)
Woodcut Books, Magazines & Papers
![KENTUCKY mEMOIR - BEYOND DARK HILLS - JESSE STUART 1938: BEYOND DARK HILLS by Jesse Stuart Dutton Pub, 1938, First Edition stated, 399pp woodcut illustrations by Ishmael. Tales of growing up in eastern Kentucky. BOX7 Please note that this lot has a confiden](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/334221/180603052_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719349708)
![MAXIMS ON ANGLING - CHESS - SHOOTING MISERIES FISHING 1855: PENN'S MAXIMS ON ANGLING - CHESS - SHOOTING and MISERIES OF FISHING by Richard Penn (William Penns Grandson) 1855, with woodcut illustrations. 63pp, marbled endpapers, same marbled paper covers with D](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/334221/180603053_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719349708)
![1577 Two Woodcut Leaves Holinshead England: Two leaves from "The Historie of Englande", printed at London, 1577. Each leaf with nice woodcut including large battle scene representing engagement against the Romans and the other showing the arriv](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/333978/180458512_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719349709)
![1580 Johannes Capistranus INQUISITOR & MILITARY LEADER in TURCKIH WARS antique: Johannes Capistranus. Papae et concilii, sive ecclesiae auctoritate. Opus nunc primum excusum. Venice, Antonius Ferrarius, 1580 8 leaves, 141 pages, 7 leaves. With woodcut printer's mark and woodcut p](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/333971/180456634_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719349708)
![1608 BIBLE in ENGLISH by Robert Barker antique OLD & NEW TESTAMENT: The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages.. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1608 general title within woodcut border (](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/333971/180456754_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719349708)
![1557 Dialoghi di Pietro Messia antique on astronomy gastronomy medicine 16 cent.: Mexia (Pedro) Dialoghi di Pietro Messia Venice, Plinio Pietrasanta, 1557 woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut initials and head-pieces modern morocco-backed boards 4to: 6 1/4 by 8 1/2" (c.210 x](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/333971/180456556_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719349708)
![1577 Leaves Holinshed History of Scotland Woodcut: Three consecutive leaves from Holinshed History of Scotland, printed at London 1577. The leaves cover period from the ascendance of Henry VIII and the English incursion into Scotland. One large woodcu](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/333978/180458506_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719349709)
![1582 ROMAN HISTORY by LIVY in FRENCH antique VELLUM BOUND 16th CENTURY: Histoire romaine de Tite Live Padouan: assavoir les trente-cinq ... (Geneva), Stoee; 1582 825 pp. Size 4 by 6 3/4" With woodcut portrait of the author. Original limp vellum With dampstains at first ha](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/333971/180456475_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719349708)
![1642 BIBLE CONCORDANCE PLANTIN PRESS antique FOLIO Concordantiae Bibliorum: [Biblia latina]. Luca, F. Sacrorum Bibliorum vulgatae editionis concordantiae. Ed. H. Phalesius. Antwerp, Ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1642 Without pagination, woodcut printer's mark on](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/333971/180456716_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719349708)
![1586 PRAYER MANUAL by Spanish theologian Martin de Azpilcueta antique VELLUM: Enchiridion sive manuale de oratione et horis canonicis. oratione et horis canonicis. Rome, Ex Officina Jacobi Tornerij , & Jacobi Berichia ; 1586 With woodcut printer's device at colophon and portrai](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/333971/180456581_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719349708)
![1569 CICERO SPEECHES in LATIN antique HAND TOOLED PIGSKIN BOUND 16th CENTURY: Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Orationum volumen tertium. Strassburg, Josias Rihel, 1569 [6], 275 , [15] lvs. With woodcut printer's device to the title page Size 4.5 by 7" - VD16 ZV 28697 Third of three vol](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/333971/180456351_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719349708)
![1530 Pomponius Mela De Orbis Situ Libri Tres ANTIQUE in LATIN folio GEOGRAPHY: Pomponius Mela (d. 45 CE) De Orbis Situ Libri Tres. Paris: [Chretien Wechel], 1530 Folio: 8 1/2 by 13 1/4" title page printed within ornate woodcut compartment, separate divisional title for commentar](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/333971/180456567_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719349708)
![1561 ST.AUGUSTINE antique HAND TOOLED PIGSKIN BINDING w/ CLASPS 16th CENTURY v.8: Augustine, Aurelius. AURELII AUGUSTINI HIPPONENSIS EPISCOPI ENARRATIONES in PSALMOS MYSTICOS Tomi Octavi Lugduni (Lyon), Iacobi Iuntae; 1561 With woodcut printer's device. Size 4.5 by 7" (16.5x10.5cm.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251423_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1579 Woodcut Leaf Architecture Hans Blum: [Architecture] A leaf from "Ein Kunstrych Buch von Allerlen antiquiteten..", printed at Zurich by Chrystoffel Froschower (Froschauer), circa 1579. Full page woodcut with text on verso, Very Good with](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/333142/179839584_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718743930)
![1580 METAMORPHOSIS by OVID antique 16th CENTURY ILLUSTRATED: Ovid's Metamorphoses Venice: Fabio & Agostino Zopponi Fratelli, 1580 title with woodcut device, woodcut illustrations, main text in double column, final leaf laid down, a few marginal repairs and tear](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251620_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1657 ELZEVIR PRESS ORATIONUM by DANIELIS HEINSIUS antique VELLUM BOUND: Heinsius, Danielis. ORATIONUM (edition of speeches) Ed. N. Heinsius. Amsterdam, Ex Officina Elzeviriana (L. and D. Elzevier), 1657, (20),576,(1)p., woodcut printer's mark, original overlapping vellum](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251530_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1561 ST.AUGUSTINE antique HAND TOOLED PIGSKIN BINDING w/ CLASPS 16th CENTURY v.2: Augustine, Aurelius. AURELII AUGUSTINI HIPPONENSIS EPISCOPI EPISTOLAE Tomus Secundus Lugduni (Lyon), Iacobi Iuntae; 1561 With woodcut printer's device. Size 4.5 by 7" (16.5x10.5cm.) Blind tooled pigsk](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251782_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1543 EPIC POEM on PUNIC WARS by Silius Italicus antique PIGSKIN BINDING RARE: Silius Italicus. Libri XVIII. bellorum, quae Romani adversus Poenos gesserunt. Cum annotationibus Hermanni Buschii. Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1543 8 leaves, 665 pages, 3 leaves. With woodcut printer's de](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251753_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1577 Leaf Holinshed Chronicles Woodcuts Caligula: A leaf from Holinshed "Historie of Englande", printed at London in 1577 with one woodcut depicting Roman troops of Caligula marching into city and the other of a King. On verso is woodcut of a ship. V](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332595/179394056_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142780)
![1678 BIBLE COMMENTARY by MATHEO POLO antique PIGSKIN BOUND MASSIVE FOLIO v. IV: SYNOPSIS CRITICORUM ALIORUMOUE SACRAE SCRIPTURAE by MATHEO POLO LONDINENSI Volumen IV Frankfurt; 1678 With woodcut printer's device. Massive, heavy folio. Size 10 by 16" (2), 1541 pp Beautiful blind t](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251861_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1561 ST.AUGUSTINE antique HAND TOOLED PIGSKIN BINDING w/ CLASPS 16th CENTURY v.4: Augustine, Aurelius. AURELII AUGUSTINI HIPPONENSIS EPISCOPI QUAESTIONES IN VETUS NOUUMQUE TESTAMENTUM Tomi Quarti Lugduni (Lyon), Iacobi Iuntae; 1561 With woodcut printer's device. Size 4.5 by 7" (16.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251815_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1584 ASTRONOMY & MEDICAL WORKS of Girolamo Fracastoro antique 16th CENTURY: HIERONIMI FRACASTORII VERONENSIS (Fracastoro, Girolamo) Opera omnia ... accessit index locupletissimus Venice, Giunti, 1584 Size 6 3/4 by 9' Frontispiece with woodcut typography by Luca Antonio Giunta](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251799_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1579 PLUTARCH 3 VOLUMES PLUTARCHI CHAERONENSIS antique: PLUTARCHI CHAERONENSIS Plutarch. Parallel or comparative life of William Xylandri Augustan 3 volumes Basel, 1579 volume I title with woodcut device, a few annotations and previous owner inscriptions t](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251579_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
![1551 LA ZUCCA by Anton Francesco Doni antique ILLUSTRATED: Doni, (Anton Francesco) La Zucca 3 parts in 1 volume Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1551 First Edition 16 pages, 63 pages; 4 sheets, 64 pages; 4 sheets, 61 pages, 1 sheet. With woodcut title border, 3 r](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332364/179251473_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142848)
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NEW YORK (AP) – A New York City exhibition explores the career of one of the foremost woodcut artists in America. Ukrainian-American artist Jacques Hnizdovsky was a master of intricate woodcuts of stylized flora, fauna – and also of paintings, including one that depicts a post-World War II refugee camp.
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NEW YORK — Jasper52 presents a Modern Master Prints Auction Wednesday, June 5 at 3 pm Eastern time. Featuring nearly 200 lots of fine art prints from contemporary masters, the complete catalog is now available for review and bidding at LiveAuctioneers. From a 1947 edition of 950 prints comes this Henri Matisse woodcut Pierre a […]
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Six Henry Sugimoto internment-inspired woodblock prints exceeded expectations at District Auction
SEATTLE — A small but important six-piece collection of woodcut prints by Henry Sugimoto (1900-1990) came to market at District Auction April 14 as part of its Fine Art, Mid-Century Furniture, and Decor sale. Estimated modestly at $75-$150, the circa-1965 black-and-white prints documenting his time in World War II-era Japanese internment camps all soared, with […]
![Trio of M.C. Escher prints bewitch bidders at Swann’s April 30 sale](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Swann-Apr-18-MC-Escher-Whirlpools.jpg)
Trio of M.C. Escher prints bewitch bidders at Swann’s April 30 sale
NEW YORK – Speaking about his 1957 color wood engraving and woodcut dubbed Whirlpools, shown above, Dutch artist M.C. Escher said: “I doubt that ‘the public’ will ever understand, much less appreciate, how many gymnastics of the brain, fascinating to me, have preceded the construction of such a picture.” Maurits Cornelis (M.C.) Escher (1898-1972) was, […]