La Ville de Franckfort
| Reference: | S22251 |
| Author | Guillaume GUEROULT |
| Year: | 1553 |
| Zone: | Frankfurt |
| Printed: | Lyon |
| Measures: | 300 x 180 mm |
€450.00
| Reference: | S22251 |
| Author | Guillaume GUEROULT |
| Year: | 1553 |
| Zone: | Frankfurt |
| Printed: | Lyon |
| Measures: | 300 x 180 mm |
€450.00
Description
This very rare view depicts Frankfurt, one of Europe's most vibrant cities, along the Main River. The scene assumes an eastward perspective, with the principal part of the city lying on the left-hand side, enveloped by old walls. Frankfort had the largest medieval city center in all of Germany and is shown to be dominated by the spires of numerous churches. A great bridge connects the two parts of the city, over the river bustling with commercial traffic, while the Taunus Mountains occupy the background. At the top of the view are the double-headed eagle arms of the Holy Roman Emperor, then the Habsburg ruler, Charles V.
Guillaume Guéroult (1507-1569) ran the print shop of his brother-in-law Balthazar Arnoullet (1517-1556) in Lyon, at which he printed in 1552 the "Premier livre des figures set pourtraitz des villes plus illustre set renommées d'Europe" containing 9 town views/maps, mostly copied from Sebastian Muenster's "Cosmographia".
This example comes from the work that Guéroult and Arnouellet published the following year, in 1553, under the title "Epitome de la Corographie d'Europe, illustré de pourtraitz des villes plus renomées d'icelle." The town maps/views were increased to 21 and some maps added.
The plates were later reprinted, with variations in ornamental frames and minor changes, by B. Bonhomme (1557), Dupinet (1564) and F. Belleforest (1575).
Woodcut, finely hand-colored, in excellent condition.
Guillaume GUEROULT (1507-1569)
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Guillaume Guéroult (Rouen, 1507 - Lyons, October 7, 1569) was a French publisher, translator and poet. An editor with a troubled and dissolute life, as well as a restless character, Guéroult is considered one of the greatest French printers of the Renaissance. Born in Rouen in 1507, in his youth he acquired a good knowledge of classical languages and, after finishing his studies, he began the art of printing with his uncle, Guillaume-Simon Du Bosc, a bookseller-printer from Rouen. Guéroult adheres to the Reformation together with his uncle around 1540 and in this period writes paragraphs of the Psalms and religious poems already sung and already circulating in manuscripts, before being published in his collection Chansons spirituelles of 1548. Guéroult leaves Rouen to live as a proofreader in Paris and Lyon, cities where printing flourished, as had his uncle, who had been driven out because of the constant harassment and persecution of printers and the reformed. Staying in Lyon he has the opportunity to be appreciated in literary circles, among poets, publishers and engravers. Very active and esteemed, starting from this moment he prepares, on behalf of various libraries, translations or works that will see the light only later.
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Guillaume GUEROULT (1507-1569)
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Guillaume Guéroult (Rouen, 1507 - Lyons, October 7, 1569) was a French publisher, translator and poet. An editor with a troubled and dissolute life, as well as a restless character, Guéroult is considered one of the greatest French printers of the Renaissance. Born in Rouen in 1507, in his youth he acquired a good knowledge of classical languages and, after finishing his studies, he began the art of printing with his uncle, Guillaume-Simon Du Bosc, a bookseller-printer from Rouen. Guéroult adheres to the Reformation together with his uncle around 1540 and in this period writes paragraphs of the Psalms and religious poems already sung and already circulating in manuscripts, before being published in his collection Chansons spirituelles of 1548. Guéroult leaves Rouen to live as a proofreader in Paris and Lyon, cities where printing flourished, as had his uncle, who had been driven out because of the constant harassment and persecution of printers and the reformed. Staying in Lyon he has the opportunity to be appreciated in literary circles, among poets, publishers and engravers. Very active and esteemed, starting from this moment he prepares, on behalf of various libraries, translations or works that will see the light only later.
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