Leaf from Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant. Chapter 108, "The Schluraffen Ship". B/W  woodcut with text.. Image size 4 5/8" x 3 3/8" Illustrator: Unknown (not a Durer) Ship of Fools was first published in 1494 in German. It was a satire of the Catholic Church and man's vices and weaknesses. Brant expored the reasons for man's behavior in a fallen world. It was the first printed book that used contemporaneous events and people in the story. It became the most successful book , excluding the bible, of the time.