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Madliger-Schwab
Zurich
June 78 $28.50
= 55F
The New Begining
Rudimentum Nouitorum (First Lessons for Novice
Lubeck: Lucas Brandis. 5 Aug 1475.
(2nd press)
Ref: Goff R345, Hain 4996 BMC II 550 Polain 3404
COp: Am BML (Brown Univ.) LC (R) [inserted] nubricated red + blue [end inserted] (397x296mm)
Folio. 471 leaves, 11 blank, 12-446 numbered in red by
hand i-ccccxxxiiij 2 col. 47 lines
286x189mm. Types 120 text (large Gothic)
Large woodcut capitals to 2 maps + numerous
woodcuts many repcated. Capital spaces to some guide letters.
general tables 41.3cm Roschwald Collection #47
Lucas Brandis - Rudimentum - 1st dated book
at Lubeck. Brandis was printinf at Lubeck as late as
1499, but his activities between 1478+1497 are obscene
Mattheus - brother of Lucas Brandis.
-from Delitzsch near Leipzig; was the 1st printer (1473)
at Merseburg, where he issued St. Augustine, De
questionibus Orosii, dated 3 Aug, and Aristotle,
Lapidarius (20 Oct). In the following year he went to Lubeck

Origen (Origines Adamentius) AD 185-254 Christian scholar + teacher
The earliest printed map is a traditional T-0 map in the
Etymologiae of St. Isidore, printed at Augsberg in 1472
by G. Zainer The Rudimentum Noritiorum contains a
description of the world which is based on Isidore +
accompanied by a world map of smallest - Type + by a map
of Palestine, the earliest printed regional map.
- 1st is pages provide genealogical tablets. The book itself
begins to a large illustrated initial B. The woodcuts vary in
size but are ordinarily 80x70mm.