farfel_n08_010_502

a native of Augsburg
M. Furter - earliest book both signed + dated - 1 Oct. 1490,
but he is mentioned as a painter as early as
15 Jan. 1483 when he bought a house in
Basel. He continued printing regularly in the
16th C and died in 1517. - more than 100 ed were published in the 15th C.
Postilla - one of the earliest bestsellers - 44ed. from Germany
+ 19 ed. from Switzerland - about 40,000 copies were placed
in circulation during the last 28 yrs of the century. Its
popularity continued into the early years of the 16th C.
-- earliest ed. Augsburg: G Zainer about 1472. This compilation
of the Postilla was written down in 1437 XXII
HEHL
88045
291330
100856

Goff G-664
G-665
G-666
G-667
G-668
G-670
G-690

Gutenberg Jahrbuch 1959, p. 73-78
#30
31
32
33
34
35
38
72
28

Baasel: M. Furter
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Basel: no printer
Basel: M. Furter
Basel: M. Furter
[Basel]: M "

about 1497
about 1498
about 1499
after 1500
after 1500
1500-1510
n.d. (c 1495)
28 July 1491
about 1490

Schnamm
#73
#76
#71
#74
#77
#70
#22
#72
#75
#78

Copy
CIUL*
HEHL
HEHL
HEHLB PubL
B Mawn CL
HEHL

Hain
C2858?
8239
8240
8248
8249
HC 8241
8250
8273
CR 2858
none
C. 2858
none
C. 2858
none

Schreiber
4157
4158
4159
4165
4167
4153

Scriptorium
32: 1978

J. Herolt "OP, der sich Discipulus nennt, C 1386-1468.
war seist et wa 1438 prior und Lektor im Konvent Zu
Nurenberg."