farfel_n02_114_106

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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.