Farfel Notebook 08: Leaves 499-571

- There are many beautiful woodcut capitals + pieces of border decoration in J. Zainer's books not otherwise illustrated especially between 1473 + 1476, (see #566 + #343) - Liber bibliae moralis - a Bible lectionary - the book did for the whole Bible what the Gospel Lectionaries did for the New Testament. They divided the Biblical text in portions to be read at certain occasions or on certain days. - This book is very interesting for printing methods of the 15th C. It has been set up by 2 compositors, one of which made the 1st + last quires, another the remainder.

HEHL 84700 rub. in red my leaf - L4 (of 10) Liber Secudus Regnm begins L3 (of 10) ends m1 (of 10) Total capitulum I to - "Vicesimuscd'm." The paper of my leaf appeers to have just "chain lines" without any "laid lines" being present. The copy at the Huntington is similar, although on some leaves there is a suggestion of laid lines.

#567 $5 568 $14 569 $4 Acapulco, Mexico Apirl, '02

Papel de emate Bark Paintings (amate) (anciently amatl or huun) -Mexico

#567 White paper with various bright colors 7 3/4 x 5 3/4" #568 Brown paper with various bright colors 23 x 15 1/2" $569 Brown: paper with all blue printign 11 5/8 x 15 1/2"

- Bark paper is still made in the Otomi village of San Pablito (Puebla), using an ancient preColumbian method made as it was in the 1300's. - Maya books, codicies, were created by writing on both sides of a thin sheet of bark, which was then folded like a concertina. Only 4 have survived.

- Natura + Otomi Indiana - the 2 largest of Mexico's indigenous groups. This bark paper is boiled + soaked over night until soft enough for the fibers to pull apart. It is then pounded using a rectangular rock with finger grooves until the pulp is evenly spread out in the shape the paper - maker wants. The color + grain of the paper depends on the bark used ot make it. Th typical coffee color comes from the Jonote tree (ficus family), white from the Xalama Limon, + the silvery beige color from the Mora (mulberry family)

570 ) A Backward Glance Pacific Grove, CA July'02 $30

The Holy Bible , Conteyning the Old Testament & the Newe ( King James Version ) f' - See London : Bonham Norton & John #6 (1611) Bill , 1629. #7 (1640 ) Ref : Herbert 423 S.T.C. 2284 #396 (1639) Copy : NYPL , Univ . of Chicago , B.M. #508 (1612) New Testamanent . St . Like 4 : 1: -> 6 : 1 The miraculous draught of fishes . page 8 0 7 8 8 Zzz^2 Water mark present.

	2 columns , roman Type , 73 lines.
catchwords .

1)Robert Baker alone down To July 1617 2) Bonham Norton & John Bill from July 1617 to May 7, 1619 3) R. Baker & J. Bill from May 8, 1619 to Jan. 1621 --> 4) B. Norton & J. Bill from Jan 1621 to Oct. 21, 1629 5) R. Baker & J. Bill from Oct. 20, 1629 till J. Bill's death on May 5, 1630 , in 1618 trouble began between Baker & Norton & led to a bitter series of law suits to which is due the bewildering series of imprints of the King's painting office between 1617 & 1629.

{ Robert Baker died 1645. { John Bill d . 1630 , althought his name remained { for some time later on the imprint of the Bible { Bonham Norton died in 1635.

571 A Backward Glance Pacific Grove, CA. July '02 $40

Biblia Sacra, Secundum editionem Vulgatam. Basel: Thomas Guarinus, 1591 8^0 See #88 Ref: Notis Darlow + Moule, German S.T.C. p. 87 Copy: British Library, Bancroft Library

Regum I Cop XV :4 - XVI: 11 pages 285 + 6 Woodcut

T. Guarinus printed the 1st Spanish translation of the complete Bible, Basel, Sept. 1569. D + M. 8472. containing the printer's device of a bear stealing honey from a tree which is similar to the one used by Apiarius of Berne (1569-90).

(1529-1592) Thomas Guarin. Var: Guarinus, Guarin, Guerinus Basel: 15571592 (d.) Lyon: 1549?-1556. A native of Tournay. He 1st settled at Lyons as a bookseller, but in 1557 we find him at Basel. Where he married Elizabeth Isengri's, the daughter fo the printer Michael Isengri's. On his father-in-laws death, he took over his printing business; many bibles issued from his presses to which Tobias Stimmer supplied the illustrations. His device was a palm tree. We also have of him: Plutarch, Moralia quae usurpantua, 1572. Home - zur Krone, now callsed zur Muche, Freiestrasse, 45.

Adam #1086 Biblia sacra, secundum editionem vulgatam Basel (pet-exud. - Thomam Guerinum, 1578. 8^0. I. pp 612 II pp 251, 224

Murray #68 [Bible Cuts] Stimmer (Job.) Neue Kunstliche Figuren.4 Basle, T. Gevarin, 1576. 136 cuts O.T> 34 cuts N.T. Gothic letter, sm. 4^0 (81/4 x 6) - Supplt. to Brunet, II 666 "Le Manuel ne cite de ce recueil precieux que l'edition latine de. 1590" -cut c. 60x83mm within a full page border of architectual designs with figures + emblems There are 170 cuts in all. 92 leaves, unnumbered. Murray #69 [Bible cuts] Stimmer (T.) Sacrorum Bibliorum Figurae. Strassb., B. Jobin. 1590 8^0 170 cuts (same as 1576 ed) with only narrow borders round each page. 96 leaces, unnumbered Mortimer (French) #502 Strada, Jacobus de, Epitome thesavi antiquitum, 4^0, Lyons: J. de Tournes, for the authors + T. Gueris Nov. 6, 1553.

-Printing was introduced into Basel by Berthold Ruppel of Hanau, a pupil of Gutenberg.