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Argonaut
Jan '76.
$7.50

(Bernard de Breidenbach)
Bennhard von Breydenbach (1450-1497).
Mainz: Erhard Reuwich ii Feb. 1486 (Latin edition)
*1) Peregrimetionis [inserted] Peregrimatio [end inserted] in Teram Sanctam (Itinerarium)(314x221mm)

BMC I p. 43 Goff B 1189 GW 5075 Pell 2979 Chancey folio. 148 leaves 441. (42-44) 204x126mm
Types 93 text; 149 headings Woodcut capitals on 2a & 4b,
elsewhere 3-7 line spaces for capitals H. 3956

Type 93 - small text type identified with Schoeffer's of the
Dame measurement. According to Proctor, this as used in
1488 des numerous majuscules from the Prognostication
91 type

Type 149 - used in head titles - identified to Schoeffer's 149A

Die heyligen reyssen gen Jherusalem
B 1193 See #124 B1195 2) Reise ins heilige Land 21 June 1486 Unrubricated. f. 164 leaves, (41-43)43 ines
201x126mm Types 93 text; 151 headings H. 3959
Copies HEHL PML 3, 4, 7, & 9 like spaces for capitals (German edition)

3) B-1191 Bevaerden tot dat heilighe grafft 24 May 1488
2 lines, 197x125mm f. 168 leaves Type 93
Copies PML H. 3963 (Flemish -Dutch- edition)

- between 1486-1522 there were 12 editions published.

(1) Copius HEHL, Connell, NY Public Ligh - Rave Book Div. Stanford - rubricated capitals in red & blue text - yellow

Carter p. 58 Peter Schöffer's press at Mainz was among the first to use an English-bodied
Schwabacher, (20 measure about 90mm) with the Hortus sanitalis of 1485.
A year later Erhard Renwich printed his Breydenback's Peregrinationes
also at Mainz in a fount made from the same punches, though not the same
matnius, except that he introduced a d without a loop. His d is too big, and he
must have cast de di do & du using two matrices side by side in the mould to
produce the combinations on a single piece of type, because in these doublets the
e i o u are also too big & differ in design from those of the fount.
(2 forms for the ower case letters b d h k, one with a straight ascender & the
other with a loop. The looped forms tended to disappear as time went on)

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