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194
Feb 85
Br Eichenberger
Bien wil am See
SF 45= $17
(Greforus) Gregor Reisch (d. 1523 5) fl. 1470-1525
See #477 Margarita Philosophica
Strassburg: Johann Gruninger 1504 Feb. 23 4 5 4 0
Kristeller #103 Ref: Proctor 9891 Sabin 69123 Smith, Rana Arithmetica p 82.
Cop: ./1 copy recorded in Union Cat. (Library of Congress) Fetis VII, 221
-Zurich, BM Excerpta Isaiae sig. FXIX
P VI. 30. 37. SG 66 (21x15.2cm) 2nd ed.
Types: 17 (4 1/2mm) 23 small German roman 63-64mm 26 text roman 105mm.
gk.i, 1st greek type = small + poor
hb. i, ij; cuts, diagr.; Br8
Small hebrew (hb1) 99mm; larger (hbij) Two letters only
found in Feb. 1504.

HEHL #32871 Kristellar #447 also a 1508 ed. March 31 printed by Gruniger Schmidt #87 (640 pp) Proctor 9907
1st ed. - J. Schott 1503. also Freiburg i. B.-J. Schott Schmidt #9 p114
Proctor 11717 b July 13 Schmidt #8 Freiburg % 1BR (320 leaves) Proctor 11718 March 16, 1504. Ritter #1985 [inserted] Barchas Coll. - AE3 20.2cm. R45 1504 [end inserted]
The well-known encyclopedia of knowledge written primarily for
the use of students, by the Carthusian prior G. Reisch, a learned
monk, who taught theology at the Univ. of Freiburg (Breisgam)
+ who was for many years Maximilian I's confessor. He
administered the extreme unction to the dying emperor in 1519.
the Margerita Philosophica is a picture book of the 1st order,
one of the earliest works on all sciences + a bookwhich enjoyed
greatest popularity since its 1st appearance in print in 1503.
It contains all the subject matter of the typical school course
of the period, a great deal of its text in the usual Magister-
Discipulus dialogue, with the information broken down into
who was to specific questions.
"Aepitoma omnis phlosophiae alias Margarita Phylosophica....."
large woodcut 4-wind head world map printed in the text. It also
contains the following 12-wind head mat at the end. The woodcuts
which are important works by unknown Strassburg artists
represent many interestinc scenes in the field of Medicine,
Mining, Astronomy, Hunting, Fishing etc. The book further