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(105) May'80 Madliger - Schwab gift (Dr Eichenberger) Jacobus de Voragine ( 1230 - 1298 ) Leban der Heiligen ( German ) I. Sommerteil und II. Winterteil * [inserted]St. Jerome Blatt. 8 Sept.30[end inserted] Augsburg : Gunther Zainer I. 27 April 1472 II. 25 Oct. 1471 folio Goff J 156 HC 9968 BMC II 3 17(I) 127 Holschnitte von 101 Stocken [inserted]Frankfurtam M. Munchen HSB(II) Wien HB(1 & 2) UNCaL(II) Cop PML. Bibliothek Otto Schafer #180 Sommerteil St. Ambrose (Dec 7) 397 AD April 4(died) - St. Wendel (Oct 21) [inserted]LC(R) I. #38[end inserted] Sommerteil. folio , 211 leaves , 2 col. 50 lines , 292x 179 mm [inserted]Blatt 193 St. Brigitta Blatt 67 St Othman Type 118 (Gothic type used from 1471 owards) Upwards of 120 different column cuts, also a lo line woodcut S (Ib) to a marginal border on 2a. Kraus Cat . 93 #72 First edition in German of the Legenda aurea, & apparently the first ed. in any language. The 1st Augsburg illustrated [inserted]2 owner's illustrated book[end inserted] book & among the earliest of all German illustrated books - preceded only by the (seven?) extremely rare Pfister books - woodcuts, all copies of which are in public collections. - Luther deneounced The Golden Legend as immoral & preachers in the Reformation period called the Tales Legends of Iron for they said they were written by : a man - an iron mouth & leaden heart." G. Zainer - died 1478. At the beginning of each of the 234(?) biographies there is a small (generally 77 x 70mm) wood cut. Woodcuts from books of the 15th C Winterteil St Michel (Sept. 29) - St. Eufrosina (Feb 11) - 234 biographies. Blatt 3 St. Jerome (Jersnimus) Blatt 14 Remigius [inserted]W.L. Schreiber Z240.9 S3 f Ref[end inserted]G. Zainer (1471 Winterteil) printed the Illustrations first in the space calculated for receiving them & after wards the text. . This double printing he carried out with so such care. that very few of the 131 woodcuts are at all out of place & never in all copies . In 1472 he brought out the Sommerteil , the 127 illustrations of which were printed simultaneously - the text.

(106) May '80 Madliger - Schwab 45 SF = $27.50 Boccaccio , Giovanni (1313 - 1375.) De claris mulieribus . (Latin) German ed. See #181 Ulm : Johann Zainer . 1473 . Goff B 7/6 HC 3329 BMC II 521 GW 4483 . Cop HEHL(.# 85064) cuts not colored, PML WArTGL [inserted]Ca. xl De Didone my folio . .xxxxiiij e6(of10) 1st ed. begins folio xxxxiij to folio xxxxvi[end inserted] folio . 118 leaves , 3 - 118 numbered .i. - cxvj 33(2)- 34 lines , 195 x 110 mm . Type 116 a,b Capitals (2a) ; border (4) on 5b . Woodcuts ; that of Angia is dated 1473. 79/81 woodcuts from blocks - one of his 3 major Latin works. 31.7cm Rosenwald Collection Goff B 719 Les nobles et cleres dames (French) Paris : A. Verard , 28 April 1493 fo Goff B720 Von etlichen frowen H 3333 BMC II 521 Ulm : Johann Zainer (not before [inserted]15 Aug. 1473)[end inserted] fo Trans. into German by H. Steinhowel 148 leaves, 331. See # 181 - (a swabian physician 1412 - 82) 191 x 106 mm. Type 116 (P. 1*, 1A ,1b) text type , at first appears - German forms, in which state it is described as 116*. The German h disappears after 10 Feb 1473, & is replaced in the German Boccaccio De claris mulieribus of 1473 by the tailed Latin h. Copied from G. Zainers 1st type (117) but differs in v & the absence of the alternative crossed A & the low tailed d. Used from Jan 1473 , till 1476. [inserted]the 1st printer at Ulm.[end inserted] J. Zainer began in 1473 at Ulm a less distinguished career than his relative - an edition of Boccaccio's of Famous [inserted]J. Zainer's 1st fully illust. book.[end inserted] Women . Its 80 (76 -81) woodcuts of 79/81 women are all in contemporary German dress , whether they represent Cleopatra or a Greek goddess . They are set in close relation to J. Zainer's lighter smaller Type & embellished - fantastic little capitals shaped of serpents , birds or , twisted leaf forms . William Morris called it "a work of art." Represents the deeds & fame of some of the outstanding women throughout history.

(109) April 80 Paris - P. Proute 200F = $48.20 La Sixtiesme aage Chap XXIX Alixandre mamess See #80 La Mer des Histoires [French] Paris ; Pierre Le Rouge I) July 1488 II Feb. 1488/89 Ref Goff R 346 BMC VIII 109 Cop Ch L , P.M.L. Folio . See # 80 Universal history is divided, asin Eusbius, according to \ Marcus Aurelius the epochs of Hebrew history. Our own epoch, which began - the birth \ (161-180 A.D.) of Christ , is the 6th & last, for the periods of history correspond to the days of Creation , & as God rested on the 7th day so will the 7th period witness the Triumph of the heavenly city & the eternal rest of its citizens (Augustine - City of God) (in French) {3rd ed. Antoine Verard - Paris -{ l'ouvrage est continue jusqu'au {et la plus belle { 10 Aug. 1500. The lower border shows a reference letter & 2 blank scutcheons For the armorial bearings of the eventual owner. - Pierre LeRouge - a native of Chablis. (396 x 280 mm) A.M.Hind - a monk seated writing - at f.44, verse , within single border-line measuring 70 x 60m. Another cut of a monk seated writing ,slightly larger & within triple border lines (95 x 77 mm) done in a more detailed setting occurs at f. 42 & elsewhere ,& was repeated in Verards' Art de bien Mourir of 1492 , & in various other booke. - the number of blocks used is far less than the number of illustrations , for the prints throughout the work. in many different positions throughout the work.

Goff A 944 The woodcuts of the Arbolayre [ besancon : Peter Metlinger, about 1487) are identical - those found in Johann Gruninger's Strassburg ed. of the Gart der gesundheit ( C.1486), and these identical blocks were used again by Michael Furter of Basel in his ed. of the same book (c. 1490) - In the 15th C. , herbals were held to be medical works rather than botanical treatises & were widely used by the physicians. - The ancient Egyptians had prized minerals & metallic substances for their curative qualities , & it was the custom to administer them in powdered form. - Gold & silver were taken in solution as medicine , the latter was a remedy for heart tremors. - Lapis lazuli removed meloncholy & alleviated pain in the kid neys. - Lodestone - a magnetic rock referred to as Lapis magnetis - the Hortus (1491) observes that it may be used as a marital compass as well as navigational one.

before (39) de lauinia laurentum regins. after (41) De nicaula ethopum regina. Boccaccio's Source : Justinus Trogi Pompei Historiarum Philippicarun Epitoma xviii. 4, 5, 6,,. Total 105 chapters (liv s) (1) De Eva parente prima - ( Eve , our first mother ) begins folio xxxxij ends folio xxxxvi * (40) De Didone or seer Elissa [inserted[The TyrianDido or Elissa See # 48., "Queen of Carthage".[end inserted] Tiria Carthaginensium queen regina - In Roman legend, a Tyrian , founder and queen of [inserted](Dido)[end inserted] Carthage, who loved Aeneas & committed suicide when he left her . In an earlier legend ,she killed herself to escape from the barbarian king Iarbus. At Carthage she was worshiped as a goddess . She was also called Elissa. See # 164 - # 181 (99) Pope Joan . (although purely legendary was traditionally thought to have succeeded Leo IV.) Boccaccio's De Claris Mulieribus was written & revised over a period of years, from 1355 to at least 1357. Extant codices present 2 versions which are quite dissimilar . The earlier of these includes a smaller number of chapters which are shorter than those in the final version. - the 1st collection of women's biographies ever written. - other Latin works by Boccaccio - Du casibus Vivorum Illustrium , De Montibus , Geneologia Deorum Gentilium ( The Geneology of the Pagan Gods) - 1st ed. - date & the first (Latin) ed. - cuts (81 in [inserted]from 79 blocks[end inserted] number - 80 x 110 mm) which are the earliest illustrations printed at Ulm. Kraus Cat. late XIVC manuscript A contemporary copy of of the 1st Italian translation of Boccaccio's Lives of Ancient Biblical & Medieval Heroines by Donato Degli Albanzami (of Prato vecchio in Tuscany [c 1325-1411] an intimate friend of Boccaccio & Petrarch ). It was through this version & these which later translators made afterwards , that the book in which the famous narrator displayed his great erudition , became a classic of Italian & consequently world literature after his death. -In the 2nd 1/2 of the 15th C Ulm had a population of more than 5000 & was a very exrensive center of trade. - Each story has a woodcut showing the heroine in one of most famous episodes in her career.

Boccaccio chose famous not necessarily virtuous women To write about & has not included saints . He includes women from mythology, legend & history, ending - his contemporary Joanna, Queen of Siciliy & Jerusalemfounder of Rom The tale of Aeneas , The legendary founder of Rome, how he fled from the sack of Troy , found refuge - Dido at Carthage & eventually came to conquer & settle in Rome. - the brothers learned the new craft of printing in Strassburg . Teacher : J Mentelin Gunther - 1st dated book Augsburg - March 12, 1468 . 1472 Johann moved to Ulm from Augsburg. H. Steinhowel ( b. 1412 in Weil der Stadt - died 1478) 1450 qppointed city physician Ulm , a position he kept all his life. The beginnings of J. Zainer were completely dominated by his 1st author & patron , Steinhowel. - 2 key works of Ulm book ill ustration : the Latin Boccaccio & Griseldis. The series of richly illust. books which Zainer produced during the 1st 5 years of his activity at Ulm & which amounts to a whole humanistic program is probably without exception the result of Steinhowel's initiative. - another strong influence that shaped Zainer's printing program - came from the Dominican monastery. Until the early 80's the texts chosen for publication by the Dominicans were exclusively printed by J. Zainer. - then he was replaced by * Dinckmut . Dinckmut's rise parallels Zainer's decline. J. Zainer overextended himself financially in the years 1480 -2. father - 1473 - 1493 total output 170-180 ed. son (Hans) 1496 - 1519 * See 67, 166 , 213 #66 Bibliothek Otto Schafer - Die grosse Bordure und die 81 Holzschnitte von 79 Stocken stammen von Weils Boccaccio - Meister. One of the very earliets of all such picture books - it is practically the 1st to show the German wood engravers as a fully competent artist - most of all it is memorable because it is the 1st book to bring graphic representations of antique subjects before a very wide public all over Europe ie Cleopatra & the Asp , Rape of Lucrece, Europa & the Bull.

(107) May '80 Madliger - Schwab 60 SF= $36.80 Biblia (German) Nuremberg : Johann Sensenschmidt & Andreas Frisher about 1476 . Der Zal LXiii Old Testament : Numbers 23, 24 Goff B628 H 3132 BMC II 408 GW 4299 . Cop HEHL II (-) , NYPL 5th German Bible . folio , 514 leaves , the 1st blank , leaves 3 - 410 (end of Old Testament ) numbered - errors, iij - ccccviij ; leaves 411- 514, j - Ciiij . 2 col. 57 lines & headlines . 285(294) x 189 mm Type 99 with a woodcut at the beginning of Genesis & pictoral capitals to the other books; spaces left for smaller capitals. - a smaller type of the same character as 110 , - which it is used for commentaries. The paragraph mark is of the full height of the type .used 1475 & 76. See # 69 - Sensenschmidt - 4 stages may be distinguished in the history of this press (4)- worked - Andreas Frisher - the 1st fruits were the Quodlibeta of S. Thomas Aquinas completed 15 April 1474. - a native of Eger . If he had not himself learned the art of printing in Fust & Schoeffers press in Mainz - which seems very probable - his close connection - Heinrich Kefer who had already [crossed out] [illegible] [end crossed out] worked as an assistant in J. Gutenbergs press would lead us to expect the influence of Mainz in his work . But in the design of his types he is remarkably independent. - From 1428 till 21 May 1491 he was in partnership - Heinrich Petzensteiner , though in 1485 in company - Johann Beckenhub, he printed at Regensburg a missal of that use , & the 1487 Frisingen Missal bears his name alone. Soon after 1491 he must have died. Senenschmidt & frisher - the partnership lasted until , or after 18 Feb 1478 & produced some 20 books including 2 Latin & - German Bible & several law books. Sensenschmidt was the 1st printer in nuremburg - he began printing in that city c.1470.

The printer of the so - called Swiss Bible , J. Sensenschmidt & A. Frisher , were assoc . at Nuremburg from about 1474 to 1478. Frisher later became rector of the Univ. of Leipzig . In 1491 he went to Rome where he received the post of "primarius sedis apostolicac ordinarus " from Pope Alexander VI , who acceded to the Papal chair in 1492.

(108) May '80 Madliger - Schwab 40 SF = $24.54 Gart der Gesundheit (Hortus Sanitatis) See #299

(110) April '80 Paris - 1981 -$24,500 250 F = $60.25 Vesalius, Andreas (1514 - 1564). De humeni corporis fabrica libri septem. Basel : Johannes Oporinus , 1555 . August p.59 & 60 (12)824, (48)pp. 2nd folio edition (3rded.) [inserted]{unillust. ed. Lyon pocket 1552[end inserted] 824 pp. 49 lines to the page. (420 x 280 mm) small initial letters - fit 7 lines of type - star & crescent watermark - 2.5 cm chain lines. Liber I (bIa - t2b) 41 chapters on bones & cartilages. (pp 1 - 208 ) the last chapter on instruments for dissection having been moved up from Book II. - record of 25 copies in U.S. & nmany abroad [crossed out] [illegible] [end crossed out] Osler 568 Wellcome I , 6562 Cushing , Vesalius 5,9 off PMM 75 - printed in large size Garamond type. J. Opoimus dist inguished himself - his excellent editions of Greek & Latin classics & the writings of Luther. His most important book was Vesalius' great contemporary anatomy pronted in 1543 - an immense vol. of 667 pages set in an even roman Type , - neat running heads & page numbers & marginal notes in a small fluent italic. Cushing VI. A. - 3 Garrison & Morton 377 - Harvey Cushing - bio - bibliography of A. Vesalius (QM 16 V5C8) 1st edition (1543) June, 42 (43.4) x 29 (29.2) cm - 57 lines no watermarks , paper soft & thin. Initial letters [Q] - 36 mm (height) x 34 mm (width) This title was given by Vesalius because he considered "the human body a perfect fabric conceived by the creator & achieved by the supreme artist , Nature." Vesalius attacked the scolastic doctrines from the time of Galen to his own teacher Sylvius. Claudius Galenus 2nd C A.D. Opens 2 vol. Venice , P. Puncius 1490. Founder of experimental physiology, whose writings influenced medicine for 1500 years . Galen introduced comparative anatomy & the use of the pulse in Dx.