Farfel Research Notebooks

115 3L = $7.19 Sept '80 London - Charles Trayler

Elias Regnierus, Helias (Regonier) flo 1494. Casus longi Sexti et Clementinarum Strassburg. [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quadlinburg (Georg Husner)] 18 Aug. 1496 folio Chencery e2 28.5 cm "De Officio Lefati" (a8, b-z, 76 J6 76 black) Goff R 118 HC 13816 BMC I 146. Polain (B) 3332 Cop York Cathedral Library. Harv (L)L, YU (L law) Library, Colmar not rubricated (Serie x M11244 Inc)

152 leaces, 2 col. to printed headlines, 52 lines, 201x137 mm Types 160, title, headlines, + c. 80 text. Spaces left for capitals, some to fuided letters. used throughout. 80 - smaller text type used from the later months of 1488 onwards. The 80 Type was used to a few minute variations by many other printers 'De of legati / De officio ordinarii The open 4, used by Flaeh alone of the other Strausburg printers is found unmized to any other form from 1488 to 1490. In 1491 a crossed H similar to that in 99 B comes in + gradually supplants the open, the displacement being complete by 1498. (1473-1498) - G. Hussner was 1st easi to J. Bek enhub. He first signed his production Jearius. Pars hiemalis containinf sermons for the period Advent to Easter, + the Pars estibalis covering the rest of the year. Each of these halves was further subdivided into the Sermones de Tempore (for the ecclesiastical feasts of the See Cat. 162 Stutt gaiter Antiquariat #63 (1996) church year) + the Sermones de Sanctis (for the commemoration of the Saints) / Regnierus a clergymen at Poitiers (1488) composed an explainatory text to "Liber sextus' of Boniface VIII + the Clementarum of Pope Clemens V (1305-1314) First the original text was sited+ this was followed by a recogitulation or explanation. Begins to De conscitutionibus on a 1 ends 75 De uerbe significa -An important handbook of canon law written by a French lawer + jurist in 15th C.

116 3L=$7.19 Spet '80 London - Charles Treylen

Greson Johannes (Jean le Charlier de Gerson) 1363-1429. See #386 Opera Strassbyrg Martin Flach, I) 13 Dec 1494; II 13 Dec 1494; III 11 Aug 1494. folio. Chancery kz Vol I Part I GW10717 Goff G189 HC 7625 BMC I 152 Polain * 1593 Cop HEHL (I-III) (-), NYPL (I-III) schism = schiamatis (Latin) Part I - 218 leaces k2 - Colume one part one - section III the subject fo this section appears to be the schism in the late medieval church that produced rival papacies. "Santentia Magistri" II - 258 leaves Index 52 leaves III - 360 leaves (unnumb.) Full page woodcut on verso of title. 2 col., 53 leaves + headline. 214 (230) x 135 mm. Types 175(160) titles + headline type of a taller + larger face than that of the Printer of Jordenus, which shows similar variations in measurment. 80 - distinguished by its open U from after Strassburg fonts of this size, except that of the Pritner of Jordanus + from the latter by the smooth back of its L; + larger opening at the base of the M. Used throughout. (300x212mm)

John Gerson (Jean Le Charlie) born at Gerson near Reims. The most importatn mystical thologian of the Period, chancellor of the Univ. of Paris, who frequently on account fo his principles is considered a precursor of the Protestant Reformation . A follower of William Ockham. (a skeptic - argued that God's existence fould not be piouch) Especially rembered for his part in healing the Great Schism which beganin 1378. At the counsil of Pisa, Gerson's radical point of view on the supremacy of a grand council over the pope came unto great priminence, but it was at the Council of Constance (1414) that his ideas were really put into action.

Advocated the superiority of a general council including Doctors of Theology of which he was one, over the Pope.

Gerson dominated the council + was chiefly responsible for its actions, notably in ordering the schism + condemning John Huss. Sometimes dubbed the 'Father of Gallicainum' The third part of Gerson's works contains his Poetical Works such as poems for certain occasions on persons + at least one relating to Paris Univ; the most important of these poems is however, on of 4600 lines entitled "Josephina" in honor of St. Joseph; another long poem is "Super Magnificat" Towards the end of the volume.

M. Flach - from 1487 he was the head of a very productive printing office which he managed till 1500. During his whole career as a printer he used his headline type without alteration. The Manipulus Curatorum completed 10 May 1487 is the 1st dated book known to have been printed by Flach. He died 26 Oct. 1500. James L. Connally - John Gerson - BX4705 G 45C6 Stack (1928)] Gerson wrote more than 100 Sermons + addresses of which some 60 were in French + more than 66 works on the spiritual life (De vita spirituali aimae, De theologia mystica) -the earliest collected ed. of his works is: Cologne, Jo Kochoff, 1483-4 4. vols. H 7621 G 185. -Mysticism which sought to place the human soul in direct contact to God fourished in the later Middle Ages. Its leading exponent in French was Jean Gerson, who attempted to fuse scholasticism + mysticism. HEHL) rubricated in red + blue k, Considerato XIX + XX the Sententia magistri Johanis de Gerson de modo habedi sete pore scismatis more on K2 Johannes Gerson. Opera Part 4 Strassburg: Martin Flach for Matthias Schuner 1502 H. 7622 308 leaves Polain 1593 In fol. 4 parts Inventarium: 52 ffnc. I 218 ffnc. Signat. a6 b6 c-c8 f6 g-68 k6 l8 m6 n8 o6 p8 q6 r8 s6 t8 v8 x8 y8 II 258 ffnc III 360 ffnc. z6 aa8 bb8 cc6 dd-gg8.

117 Oct. '80 Bein wil Amsee Dr. W. Eighenberger S.F. 65+$40.25

R 128 H6 (1924) Hortus Sanitatia facsimile Bioloby Lib - 4 C Bekely Gart der Gesundheit Mainz: Peter Schoeffer, 28 March 1485. Folio. See #298 (1457-1502) Schramm XIV, 189ff 1st edition Goff G97 H 8948 BMC I p. 35 Wellcome I, 3319 Cop PML, YU (M)L. In the US it is scarcer than the MMu (P)L (not colored except front piece cut) Gutenburg Bible (10 11/16 x 7 15/16") 358 leaves, 42 lines, 195 x 122 mm. (A-Z8, a-y8) Types 149a, headings; 93 text. 3 to 6 lines spaces left for capitals. Each of the 435 plants is figured + there are also a full page woodcut of botanists in council on 16, and a cut of a doctor + woman on 339a. 149a - church types. Used in the Breslau Missal (1483) + subsequently. 93 Small semi cursive Text Type used in vernacular works.

The Psalter completed 14 Aug. 1457, is the 1st dated book in which First + Schoeffer's names are found together. S. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Thologica 6 March 1467. the 1st issued by Schoeffer alone after Fust's death. -The first herbal in the German Tongue. The most important medieval work on natural history to illustrations + the greatest single step in the art of botanical illustrations. The Cant given in 435 chapters to nearly 400 (381 379) (5x7") illustrations a compendium o fthe whole pharmacy of that time. It was conventiently arranged in alphabctical order, according to the Latin names of plants, + each chapter heading included the Latin + German names to the chapter number. The woodcuts of Schoeffers book depicted plants common to Germany. The woodcuts possessed a realism never seen in the pages of an herbal up to that time. No less than 34 authorities are cited in its pages. Libe many another 15th C book it had no one auther.

7 years after the Hortus + 10 yre before his death he produced another illust book in which the woodcuts played a major part, Konrad Botho's Cronecker der Sessren (March 6, 1492) P. Schoeffer - of the 130 books which came from his press more than 1/2 dealt to law + theology; of the entire output of his press, only 18 works were printed in German. plant is grown mainly because it is one of the earliest blooms in the garden Swertz und yes niesswiertz (nyess wurtz, nieswurz) black + white hellebora Latin: M. elleborus albus herbaccous perennial of the buttercup family to handsome flowers of various colors. -fo. S8 belonging to Chapter c/(165) XV Elleborus albus = leaf 144- [crossed out] Schoeffer [margin] wyss nyeszwortz. chpt. begins on S7v [end margin] did not have a woodcut of this herb, the chapter consists entirely of text. [end crossed out] Blatt 143 Elleborus albus: wysz nyeszwortz Blatt 145 Elleborus higer: Awartz nyeszwortz -This edition remained the high water mark in figures of plants (Chapt. 166) up to 1530 (Brunfek). Written in a Baverian German. -3 plant families supplied the 4 classic poisons: Hemlock, Nightshade, Aconite, + Hellebore. The last 2 are members of the Buttercup family + all but the first still have at least minor medicinal uses. not used as a poison for killing pests today -It was customary for the plant picture to appear at the head of its chapter, on the right hand page. Since the text was often quite short, and did not nearly fill the 2 pages alloted to each plant, this arrangement used in great deal of paper. Only after the work was 3/4 done did Schoeffer decide upon a more economical composition. -P. Schoeffer sold his woodblocks to Basal where an ed. to his illustrations appeared in 1491(?) (See #108). One of the first incumabula on a scientific subject written in the vernacular. The partnership of Fust + Schoeffer flourished + produced many books. In 1466 Fust died of the plague in Paris, where he had gone to further his business. Schoeffer survived until 1503, after which the printing house was Continued by his son. Lehmann - Haust, H. - P. Schoeffer Gurst Ref Z 232 S36 L5

118 Dec '80 Angonaut $20

Catholicon - Joannes (Johannes) Balbus (d. 1298) Strassburg: [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quadlinburg.] Georg Husner -not after 1483. folio (1473-1505) leaf 317 (standard copy) Goff B24 Hain 2252. BMC I 130 GW 3186 Proctor 632 Cop HEHL, Stan U.L. in this copy 1st words underlined in red.

402 leaves, 2 columns to printed headlines. 57-58 lines (282x192mm) Types 160, headlines; 91a (measuring 99, to psalter capitals), text Spaces left for capitals, to guide letters. -At first 4 sections - Orthographia, Ethimologia, Dissintestica, Prosodia See #18 -The greater part of the volume is taken up by the Dictionary which treats the etymology of the Latin terms in Vogue (word list) during the Middle Ages. -on encyclopedic dictionary - completed 1286. combined the words of Papiss x Uguitio -its availability owing to frequent printings made it one of the most influential books of the 15th C. -The Catholicon is a basic source for the Promptorium, (ca 1440) (earliest Latin -English dictionary) as its seems to have been for most lexicons, Latin + bilingual in the 2nd 1/2 of the 15th C. The printer of Jordanus de Quedlinberg, who produced about 10 editions from 1483 or earlier to 1502, was the most active anonymous shop of the 15th C. E. Voullieme attempted to identify him as the Strassbyrg Printer Greorg Husner (Zentralblatt fur Bibliotheks wesen 32, 1915: 304-21). V. Scholderer hes argued persuasively that although Husner may have had some connection to the shop he is not likely to have been its master. (50 Essays, pp. 240-243). From 1486 onward, virutally all the Jordanus Press books have precise completion date reckoned by saints' days. GW 3186 - 394 Blot Type 1:160 G 2:99 G (BMC 99A, 99Bboth by 1483 filed to (P2, P3) 91. Text types Before 1483 Lombardic majuscules are used to 99B chiefly for dictionary work.) Type 160 (P1) used throughout. Title + headline type. to large + small face respectively

119 Jan '81 L'Estampe Originale S.F. Book Fair $65

La Mer des histoires [French] Lyons: Jean Du Pre, I] 20 Aug. 1491 II) 23 Aug 1491 folio La Tieru Aage niiii Johannes (de Psato de Pratis) feuillet C (3) Chapitre xiii Goff R347 Brunet III col. 1640 Claudier III 493 XIIII Cop NYPL(S) UIII Library. Pellechet 34cm, 50 lines. A free translation of the Rudimentum novitorium Jacque C Brunet (Manuel der Librarie) Z 1011 B89 Lubeck 1475 Continued to 1483 2 col in fol. foth a 2 col. fig sur bois. 117 woodcuts * Le premier vol. a 10ff prelim. conterant le tihe, le prologue et la division de l'ouvrage en sit ages, et la table des chapitres; texte, femillets la cciiii 138 woodcuts La seconde renferme CC XXi ff de texte finisant a la mort de Louis XI, en 1483; ensuit un f. blanc. Cuivi de 23 ff sign JJ, KK, LL, pour le Martyrologe des sainetz, termine par la souscription.

A. Claudin - imprimes avec une fonte nouvelle de 13 points -la grande planche du Baptime de Clovis et du la Bataille dee Tolbiau. Atelier de Jean du Pre (1487-1500) Chronicle of Printing -C. Clain - after a brief collaboration to Nicholas Muller, also Philippi, set up as a printer on his own account at Lyons. his 1st book, Guillermus Postilla was completed 30 Nov. 1487. not to be confused to the Paris printer of the same name. Jean du Pre va imprimer en province, a Narbonne et a Uzes -Son retour a Lyon -Son sejour a Avignon. The Old Testament story says that Hagar's (The bond woman spouse of Abraham) giving birth to Ishmael stirred up such jealousy between her + Sarah, Abrahams 1st wife + mother of Isaac, that Sarah persuaded Abraham to banish the bondwoman + the child into the desert. There Hagar gave up hope + left the child under a shrub to die. But Gof heard the child's weeping, Created a well fo water in the desert to save them both, + promised

Hagar that from her son also, as from Isaac, He would "create a great nation." According to the symbolism of this old saga, the Jews + the Arabs (and by extention all Moslems) are the common offspring of Abraham (called "Ibrahim" in Arabic). This makes Christians + Moslems cousins, at least by legendary lineage Haebler ther are reasons to support the assumption that for some time Jean DuPre actually possessed presses in the 2 important centers fo French printing - Paris + Lyon.) and from these the requirements of the many provincial towns were supplied i.e. Abbeville, Chartres, Salins, Uzes, Avignon.

121 Jan '81 Samuel W Katz -Los Angeles SF Book Fair $55

Schedel, Hartman (1440-1514) Liber chronicarum Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 12 July 1493 folio 1st ed. (Imperial) Goff S 307 HC 14508 BMC II 437 tallest copy 482x319mm Cop Stan UL, HEHL (CCXXXII) 326 leaves the last blank, 29-319 # Sexta etas mundi numbered Foliu I-CCXCIX Table + parts of the text in 2 col. 64 lines + headlinge, 352(366)x223mm Types: 165, headlines (numbers of the aitates mundi) + headings, 110b, text. Capital spaces in the table + on 21a, 2821, + 321a; printed capitals elsewhere. Leaves 279-281 (CCLVIIII-CCLXI) are blank except for the headlines. 645 different cuts plus 1164 repeats giving total of 1809. The watermark is a tarret. Original cost- 2 Rhenish florins unbound + uncolored. -Clement VI 1342-52 Innocent VI 1352-62 -Urban V 1362-70 Clement VII (Avignon) 1378-94 -Boniface IX 1389-1404 -Benedict XIII (Avignon) 1394-1423 Innocent VII 1404-1406 Gregory 1406-1415 The text begins on 21st leag (numbered Folia I) 2nd Age beginning on f11 3rd on f21 vo. 4 f46 vo. 5 f64 6 dating from birth - f85 of Christ - ending AM 6691, AD 1492 on f. 258 vo. A few of the next leaves are headed "Sexta etrs mundi" but this section deals to the history of the provinces of Germany by AEneas Sylvius Hartman Schedel -editor of the NUremberg Chronicle - his coat of arms -the Moore head. (18 1/2 x 12 1/2") 42 large views of cities + a double page map of Europe Type 110b -large text type cut for the Nuremberg Chronicle 1493 + used again in Durer's Latin Apocalypse 1498 165 - title type - 2 forms of E. Tail of h level to line. Used in 1482-93.

He describes the deeds fo St. Brigid of Sweden, who traveled to Romen to persuade Pope Urban not to fight Avion (sic), but fails to mention the diplomatic activities of St. Catherine of Siena, whom he treats only as a mystic. The amazing 1809 woodcuts from 645 blocks were executed by M. Wohlgemuth, the well known teacher of A. Durer, + his step son W. Pleydenwurff; both mentioned in the colophon. As recent scholarship has shown, A Durer may have also collaborated since some of the cuts bear a remarkably close resemblance to the Apocalypse illustrations. The text is a year by year account of notable events in world history from the creation dow to the year of publication, to special emphasis on ominous + portentous events. -double folio map of Central Europe + large Ptolemaic world map. -Durer almost certainly had a hand in the woodcuts. Schedel like his fellow townsman Willibald Pirckheimer studied in Padua.