Graves International Art - Erhard Ratdolt

Erhard Ratdolt (1442–1528) was an early German printer from Augsburg. He was active as a printer in Venice from 1476 to 1486, and afterwards in Augsburg. From 1475 to 1478 he was in partnership with two other German printers. The first book the partnership produced was the Calendarium (1476), written and previously published by Regiomontanus, which offered one of the earliest examples of a modern title page. Other noteworthy publications are the "Historia Romana of Appianus" (1477), and the first edition of "Euclid's Elements" (1482), where he solved the problem of printing geometric diagrams, the "Poeticon astronomicon", also from 1482, "Haly Abenragel" (1485), and "Alchabitius" (1503). Ratdolt is also famous for having produced the first known printer's type specimen book (in this instance a broadsheet displaying the fonts with which he might print). His innovations of layout and typography, mixing type and woodcuts, have subsequently been much admired. His graphic choices and technical solutions influenced also those of William Morris.

References:
"Breviarium Pataviense", (1490) - Hain 3875; Bod-Inc B-542; GW 5426; Weale/Bohatta 335; Schreiber 3615
"Missale Frisingense", (1492) - Hain 11303; Weale/Bohatta 396; Schreiber 4699; Pell 7944

Title: "Vol. 6, page 10-11", "Vol. 6, page 6-7", and "Vol. 6, 28-29"
Portfolio: Breviarium Pataviense
*Extremely rare
Year: 1490 (First edition)
Medium: Set of Three Original Incunabula Leaves
Limited edition: Unknown
Sheet size (each): approx. 12.5" x 8.88"
Price: $500