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6 - History – Henry IIII
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Estimate €200 - €300
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History – Henry IIII Helmold of Bosau A history of the life of the Emperor and Caesar Henry IIII, Augustus, and of Hiltebrand, Pope of Rome, known as Gregory VII, written around the time in which both lived. With an illustrative woodcut printer’s mark on the title page (repeated on fol. E4v), two 9-line woodcut initials featuring figures and floral ornamentation, a closing vignette of the same style, and a decorative border. Frankfurt, Andreas Wechel, 1581. 55 (1 blank) pp. Sign. A-D6, E4. Bound c. 1900 with handwritten title label (with losses and wear on the headbands). Early print of the chronicle of the ‘Journey to Canossa’ by Henry IIII. – VD16 I 97. - An early Frankfurt edition of the vita of the Salian Emperor Henry IIII (1050–1106), written in the 12th century by Helmold of Bosau as part of his ‘Chronicle of the Slavs’, presented here in the humanist adaptation by the historian Reinhard Reineck. The first printed edition of the ‘Chronica Slavorum’ was also published in Frankfurt in 1559. - In 1076, as a result of secular struggles against ecclesiastical power in the ‘Investiture Controversy’, Henry IIII was excommunicated by Pope Gregory VII, whereupon Henry undertook the famous ‘Pilgrimage to Canossa’. - A separately bound copy of the edition, which is usually offered in anthologies comprising various sections of Helmold’s “Chronicle of the Slavs”. - Provenance: Dr Fritz Behrend (1878–1939), Germanist and archivist, with his signature on the recto of the front endpaper and his handwritten title label. - Paper slightly browned; otherwise a well-preserved, wide-margined copy of this significant historical account, which is rarely found on the market as a separate edition. History. – With an illustrated woodcut printer’s mark on the title page (repeated on E4v), two inhabited and ornamental woodcut initials (spanning 9 lines), a headpiece and a vignette. - Early Frankfurt edition of the Vita of the Salian Emperor Henry IIII (1050–1106), originally written in the 12th century by Helmold von Bosau as part of his ‘Slavic Chronicle’, presented here in the humanistic adaptation by the historian Reinhard Reineck. The first edition of the ‘Chronica Slavorum’ was published in Frankfurt in 1559. - Henry IIII had been excommunicated by Pope Gregory VII in 1076 as a result of the struggle between secular and ecclesiastical power in the ‘Investiture Controversy’, following which Henry undertook the famous ‘Walk to Canossa’. - A separately bound copy of the account, which is usually included in anthologies comprising various sections of Helmold’s ‘Slavic Chronicle’. - Provenance: Dr Fritz Behrend (1878–1939), philologist and archivist, with his signature on the recto of the front flyleaf and his handwritten title label. - The paper is somewhat stained by age, but otherwise this is a well-preserved, wide-margined and elaborately printed copy of this important historical report, rarely offered as a separate edition on the market. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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