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222 Sept. 85 Dr Eichengerger Bein wil am See SF 100 = $37 Gart der Gesundheit. Herbarius zu teutsche Augsburg: Hanns Otmar for Johann Reymon, 12 Feb. 1508. Ref: Becher #34 Weller 4074. [inserted] (Zapt p. 36 #vi) [end inserted] leaf p vii (123) p. 219, 220 Cop: * MMu(P)L. colored (44.7.27) Muther p. 163 #975 Choulant p. 254 #22 Munchen, St. peter in Salzburg Black letter. 239 leaves. Folio. leaf P7 This Hortus is a reprint of the preceding ed. of Schonsperger, 1496 + 1499, only the orthography shows remarkable variations. Otmar uses exactly the same make-up as Schonsperger + also the same woodcuts + Types. He uses broader columns + brings, therefore, the whole contents on 239 leaves. "Herbarius zu teutsche und von aller hand kreuter." * "Woodcuts same as Schonsperger 1486 (B24), except title page + 1.5 - woodcut 1. 239v." Ca CCXXX Maian plummen folio 123. Ca CCXXXiiii Lavendel (text only) Ca. CCXXXi Weissdistel - Labrum ventris (venuis) Gerard (1597) p. 1205 Of Teasels; Carde Teassel, Venus Bason Latin Dipsecus satiuus (Garden Teasell) high Dutch Karden Distell. Fuchs (1542) P. 223 (woodcut + text) - Dipoacus albus - Weiss Kartendistel Ca. CCXXXii Meulinsen - Lentiula aque vellentigo Gerard (1597) p. 680 Of Duck as meate + other swimming herbs Latin - Lons aquatilia Apothecatries - aqua Lenticula high Dutch - Meulinsen English Ducks herb, water lentils, Graines, Ducks meat. (Duck weed) (woodcut + text) Ca. CCXXXiii Veigbonen - Lupinus -Lemna munor (L.) Gerard (1597) p. 1042 Of the Flat Beane called Lupine. high Dutch feigbonen English Garden Lupine, Tame lupine + some after the German name figbean. (Lupine) Fuchs (1542) p. 308 Lupimus. Feigbon (Lupinus lateus L.) Galbe Lapine

R. Mortimer Harvard-Italian Z881 H33 Ref #294 I discoroi ni i sei libri della Materia di Pedacio Dioscoride Anazarbee, 1557, Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi + Balelassaure Costantini, f0, 416 leaves, 568 woodcuts (37x105 to 120x65 mm) 31.5x21cm. This is the 1st set of blocks cut for Valgrisi editions of Matinoli, + they were introduced in his Latin text ed. of 1554. 2nd set (artist Giorio Liberale) introduced 1562 at Prague by Heorg Melantrich in a Bohemia translation of Mattioli's first 4 books, (569 cuts) The blocks were transferred from Prague to Venice for Valgrisi's Latin ed of 1565. The woodcuts in the Mattioli De Plantis eapitome vtilissima ed. by J. Camerarius + printed all Frankfurt by S. Feyerabend in 1586, differ in details + are from drawings of K. Gesner + Camerarius. The 1st translation of Dioscoides 5 books with commentary was printed at Venice by Niccolo Bascanini in folio in 1544. Valgrisi printed an unillust. guarto ed. in 1548. #295 Venice, Felice Valgrisi, 1585, 2 vol. 36.5 x 24.5 cm. 1026 cuts (35x98 to 220x160mm) Signatures of woodcutters - DW, GS 1562 ed., WS, HK, FD, CG, E, IS

P. 629 Gerard's Herbal (1597) Of Mullein - Verbascum Dutch - Wullkraut in Eglish - Mullein or rather Woolen, Bullockes long woort, torches #195 - has always been known by many names - candle flower, candlewick - to early herbalists as big taper, torches or long wort. Mullein has been used since ancient times by men. In the Middle Ages, possibly because of the gostly appearance of the whitish grey leaves, the plant was believed to be a protection against demons, + monks grew mullein in large quantities in their herbal gardens for many medicinal purposes. The drug is derived from the leaves + flowers which are gathered in July + August. Mullein is used as the basis for soothing emollients + in liquid form for bronehial troubles. Fuchs (1542) P849 Verbracum Sylvestre - Wild Wallkraut.

After this 1st ed ed appeared in 1503 J. Gruninger produced a pirated ed in Strassburg on 23 Feb 1504; a total of 8 ed appeared up until 1517, 4 of them being pirated ed of Gruninger who used copies of the original cuts. #194 Margarita Philosophica - 1st printed at Freiburg by J. Schott who was specially summoned thither for the purpose in the year 1503. The book was successful + 10 other ed. were issued in the 16th C. the last, that of 1599 being an Italian translation. Several of these ed. were unauthorized, the 1st of such reprints being issued in Feb 1504 by J. Gruninger at Strassburg. To this a synopsis of Hebrew grammar was added, + the colophon of the 2nd authorized ed. printed by Schott in March 1504 contains a warning that such additions are not the work of the author. - Strauss was laid on the importance of the book for the light which it throws on the university curriculum of the 16th C.

Nov. 1985 San Francisco Yerba Buena Books $10.00 Cat. One #349 Papyrus sheet - modern, = 12x15" -Secured directly from the Papyrus Institute of Dr. * Hassan Ragab in Cairo. (Museum) Recognized by the Egyptian Government to be made of authentic Cyparus papyrus plant. Aman Ra Papyrus Giza Egypt Abu El Houl Street - Nazlet El Samman Copy Calif. Book Club Library (68) - A.S. Maney of the Elmate Press, Yorkshire, England, published The Nature + Making of Papyrus (1973) Ronald Reed. - an ed. of 495 copies. 4 to 96 pp. * - "right to claim to be the nearest to that adopted by the ancient Egyptians, since the sheets we produce are the nearest in every respect to those bade by them."

Scroll - Orihon - Codex - Book. B.M. - 1st English version of the Gospels independent of the Latin (MSS in Anglo-Saxon copied in the 12C from a late 10 C original.)

#194 Smith, Rars Arithmatica p. 82 G. Reisch b. at Balirgen, Wurttenberg; died at Freiburg 1523. He was a student at Freiburg in 1487 + took his bachelor's + masters degrees there. He then entered the Carthusian order + became prior of the cloister at Freiburg + confessor of Mak. I. Strassburg, 1504 Margarita Philosophica. 40, 15.1x20cm, the text being 11.5x15.6 cm. 2ff blank + 289 unnumb = 291 ff, 45ll. The illust. are hand colored. 1st modern encyclopedia. It contains a compendium of the trivium, the quadrivium, + the natural + moral sciences. It is made up of 12 books of which, the 4th consisting of 15 folios in the present ed. is on arithmetic.

Whilst the majority of the printers were Zews, there were amongst them 3 Christian printers, all of them from Italy - of these the most important was the celebrated Daniel Bomberg of Venice, the others being Facciotti de Montecchio of Rome + Petrus Parelus Pouras Mediol enensis at Genoa + Turin. The most remarkable figure among the early Jewish printers was Hieronymus (Gershom) Soncino.

#195 The place of Frankfurt in the book trade was greatly enhanced by the activity of the famous publisher Sigmund Feyerbend (1560-90) who employed many of the best Frankfurt printers + invited the leading German artist of his day to decorate his books, among them the Nuremberg artist Virgil Solis + his pupil Jost Amman. #194 Sabin 69123 - an unauthorized version (reprint of the 1st ed with the addition of a synopsis of Hebrew grammar in 20 leaves (on sig Fix to XIX Fxxviiil - The large woodcut on the title was copied from the 1st ed. with slight variations.

#144 The Pagasini family gave to tehe city of Venice not less than 4 of its members who were engaged in book printing + selling. The family came from Brescia + the 1st of its numbers who made his appearance was Paganinus de Paganinis who from 1485 until 1488 worked in partnership with Georgius Arrivabene. From 1490 we find the other members of the family appearing - Jacobus, Alexander, Hieronymus.

The Office of the Dead (Officium defunctorum) is another essential component of Books of Hours. The text is not that of the Requium Mass (whcih belongs to the Missal) but of prayers said over the coffin as it lies on a bien in the church choir. The Office itself is an old one dating back at least to the early 9th C, but its widespread adaption did not become common until the early 15th C. The solemn celebration of death in late medieval times was in part a reaction to the traumatic experience + memory of the Black Death + recurrent plagues; it was important to know how to die well. - The choir service in the Office of the Dead is in 2 parts - Placebo + Dirige from the opening words of their respective antiphons, Placebo Domino in regione vivorum, said in the evening + Dirige, Domina Deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam, in the morning. "quotuor noissime" Cordiale or 4 Lost Things, Death, Last Judgement, Hell + Heaven, p. 488 Elizabeth Eisunstein - "it was not that men turned frombooks to nature, but rather than books went from script to print