farfel_n05_079_352

Heritage, L.A. 352
Feb. '93
$250

Bartholomaeus Anglicus (d.1250)
De proprietatibus (Spanish)
Toulouse : Henricus Mayer , 18 Sept. 1494. Fo Median
Vicente de Burgoa , Tr.
Ref : Goff B-150 H CR 2523 Pell 1887 Polain (B) 508 Oates 3261
Pr 8722 BMC VIII 360 GW 3424 Haebler. Plate 48*
Cop : HEHL, Harv CL, NYPL(S) WATGL, Paris BN 471.
Libro X. Dela Materia 7 forma, Capitulo vij - x
320 leaves . 2 col., table in 3 col., prologue in long lines.
13e ; 46T. [insert]47[end insert] + headline. 234 (247) x 160 mm
6,7,8 - Type: 280 G title , 140 G headlines + heading on 2a - 7a.
101 G . Capital spaces --c guide letters, at beginnings of
books + some sections, printed capitals elsewhere.
The headlines give the numbers + subjects of the books.
Woodcut above title - arms of Castile + Aragon. 17 other
cuts prefixed to books II - XVII + XIX, that of a herdsman +
flocks prefixed to book X being repeated before book XIV,
but being appropriate to neither. There are no printed
capitals in guires aa - gg. Books XVII + XVIII are
misnumbered XVI + XVII in the headlines. In guires I - M
There are 481. to the page.
a6 , a-m8no6 A-H8 I-M8, aa6 bb-ee8ff6gg6 hh-oo8pp4
Type 280 - Very large, rather narrow title type
140 G - heading type. Capitals generally double shanked,
D + P (plain) I inner diamond.
101 G - clean narrow text type . Double hyphen. Found
in this volume only.
17 page width woodcuts (16 blocks, 1 repeat (D3v = G8v).
H. Mayer - earliest mention of his name , 22 April 1488. Having
signed 4 books in 1488, 1 in 1489, 2 in 1490, he is not
mentioned again as a painter until 18 Sept. 1494. /which is
his last dated work) He died about the turn of the century.
To nlo use - 4 printers, including Mayer.
First - Heinrich Turner, a native of Basle.
Stanford* Dj Libro IX Del tiempo 7 moumiento.