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299 Dr. Eichenberg Bein wil am See May '90 90 SF = $43 Gart der Gasundheit. Chancery Basel: Michael Furter , about 1486. folio. See #108 Ref: Goff G- 101 H8947 , Klebs Becher 28 Schr. 4341. Choulant Inc. 4, p57 . Nissen 2281, Schramm, vol.22 nos.615-990 Cop: MMu (P)L , YU (M) L. Frankfurt am M.

2 col . 43 - 44 lines , 224 leaves - last blank , floreated initials, woodcuts of plants (386) chapter nos. cut on the blocks of all except those for chapt. 387 & 415-435 Capi. LXII Baucia Moren Parsnip (Paetinaca sativa L., Baucia), Pastinah. Capi. LXIII Bleta romschkole (roemscher kode) Beet (Beta vulgaris , L., Bleta) Runkel. Capi LXllll Bleta Alba Weiss. (error ccclix) Spinach Beet (Beta vulgaris L., var. cicla, Blete alba), Weisse Runkel.

book of medicinal simples known by its opening words as Circa Instans - its supposed author - Ptalearius, Salerno Italy 12th C.

collation : a-z8 A-C8 1-28. - signatures. Fifth ed. Types : 3 : 180 (headings, numeration in a Roman type of the same height) ; 5 : 93 text. Double columns (indices in 3 columns) 43 lines & headline - closely reprinted from Gruninger's 1485 |86 ed. & containing the same woodcuts. The only Furtur ed. Woodcut of a physician - woman on C6r & 382 woodcuts. principally of plants ,some - chapt. numbers cut on the block. Numerous woodcut white on black capitals in square frame 31x31 mm.- approx.

-adds for the 1st time ornamental woodcut capitals, white on black ground with double frame line.

300 Dr. Eichenberger Beinwil am See May '90 40SF = $20 Brunschwig, Heironymus (1450 -vor 1512) Das neuwe Distilier Buoch Strassburg : Johann Gruninger 1531, Montagrach See #242, 19,263. St. Paulus Beckerung (Jan. 30). folio. Ref: Nissen. 269 Kristeller 209 Schmidt. I 250 Ritter.312 Index Aureliensis 125 . 953, choulant p271. Cop : BM de Strassbourg, BNMunich*, Breslau BU, Berlin an Ovlllo

2 col. 124 BL. - Das Buch des lebens / Marsilii Ficini... 46Bl. 48 lines (folio83) Das Xll capitel. Des andern buochs. LXXXIII. Merlinsen (cut) - Duckweed Von Meyndaw Magsot kraut. (Jean Gruninger 1482-1531)

Ritter #312 Ref z2244 A46 R5 part 2 Vol 1-4 In fol. car. goth. 2 col. CXXIVFF. ch. (erreurs de pagination) titre courant , reclames, de numbreuses initiales ornees et a fig. biaucoup de gravures, (appareile & plantes) II part ie an cc un nouveau titre. in fol- car. goth. 46ff. ch. 25 gravures.

Kristeller* #209 Ref z1023 K92 Die Strassburger Bucher-illust. in XV C.

J. Gruninger - 1482[inserted]3[end inserted] - 1531.

301 Dr. Eichenberger Beinwil Am See May '90 240 F = $120 Moses ben Nehman (Nachman) [inserted]Nahmanides{end inserted] of Gerona [inserted]in Catalonie[end inserted] (1194/5-1270)-Haifa Perush ha-Tora (commentary on the Pentateuch) Lisbon : Eliezer Toledano , 16 July 1489. fo Ref: Goff Heb - 87 H. 11670 Oates 4222 Pr 9833 Haebler 458 Schwab 54 , Zedner p.592 , Marx 53 , Don Manuel 3. Polain 8276 bis (8202) Cop : HEHL(-) , LC, PML , JTSL. BM, Bodleian , Cambridge ,Biblio. Palatina, Parma/35|., rashi character. Haebler - Plate 52 Rabbi Elieser , Type 1, 4. It is historically significant that the Jewish presses were in generl set up in small remote places, where they hoped more easily to escape the vigilant eye of the Inquisition. The Jews very soon understood how to profit by the new art. Of the greatest importance for Hebrew printing in Spain were the founts which Alfonso Fernandez de Cordoba cut at the beginning of the 80's in Valencia. It is probable that it was owing to this work that he was sentenced to death in absentia by the Inquisition. The type was apparently not used in Valencia itself, but , by intervention of Salomon ben Maimon Zalmati it passed 1st to Hyar in Aragon & from there to Lisbon into the hands of Rabbi Elieser . Whether A. Fernandez himself traveled along - his type is doubtful. At any rate the 2 Types of the Moses ben Nachmen viz. a large heading type & a cursive text type are absolutely identical - those whisch Eliaser A lantansi had formerly printed in Hyar. Both founts have no vowels, but the cursive fount is provided - additional sorts, which serve to fill out the ends of the lines. The fine metal cut initials which Fernandez de Cordoba made for his type were not used in the book; nevertheless they were in the possession of R. Elieser together - the title borders in the oriental style. Schwab Z240 S39 Ref (1964) #54 Moise b. Nahman. Nouvelles de la loi ow commentaire sur le Pentateuque, suivi d 'une lettre a son fils Nahman . Lisbonne. Ab (5)248. juillot- aout 1489) in. fol. Imprime chez le docte Eliezen. V. Rossi , p 54 ; Bodl., col. 1961.

A few Hebrew books which bear no indication of place or date of imprint are believed to have been issued before the 1st dated books of 1475 . The Pentateuch commentary by Nah manides is considered to be among the 1st of the Roman Hebrew imprints ,& it may well be the 1st Hebrew printed book. Biblical commentaries preceded editions of the Scripture itself in the early years of Hebrew printing. Nahmanides is one of 10 medieval commentators whose works were printed in the incunabale period, either seperately or together - the biblical text. 1)[Rome] : Obadiah , Manasseh , & Benjamin of Rome, [bet. 1469 & 1472] 2) Naples : Joseph ben Jacob Askenazi Gunzenhauser ], 2 July 1490. fo 242 leaves. Forced to leave Spain 1207? - Nahmanidi's commentary on the Pentateuch, a popular work of biblical exegesis , was printed 3 times in the incunable period. which, more than a literal explanation of the meaning of works & phrases of Biblical passages , attempted to express the essance of Scriptual teachings. Oates #4222 Fo 277mm. 302 leaves, the 1st & last blank. a10 b-f8g12h-n10o12p-z10 A-E10F,G8 H12.

The 1st large division of the Scripture is called the Torah or the Law or the Pentateuch (Greek for "5 books") or the Five Books of Moses. Genisis , Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers ,& Deuteronomy comprise the Torah.

Sephard - the medieval Hebrew term for the Iberian peninsula.

First book in any language printed in Lisbon where the art of printing was introduced by the Jews. Ed. by David Ibn Yahya, The book was the product of the craftmanship of several hands working under the direction of the wealthy scholar E. Toledano in whose house the press was operated.