Farfel Research Notebooks

401 Stanford Book Fair Stuart Bennett Mill Valley, CA. Oct. '93 $175.00

Biblia Germanica (9th) Nuremberg: Anton Koberger. 17 Feb. 1483 f0 Old Testament - Numbers, Chapt. 36 - Deuteronomy, Chapt I See #78 -colored woodcut *(5th Book of Moses) contemporary Das Buch der Zal folio LXXXIIII Ref: Goff B632, GW 4303, BMC II 424, H 3137 Schramm XVIII Cop: HEHL, NYPL, UN Cal L. Haebler - Plate #60 (586 leaves, blanks in each vol. 2 col. 50 lines. Part I 296 leaves 1-295 so numbered. (to end of psalter) Part II. 290 leaves 2-289 " " (296-583) including with repeat 10 9 large woodcuts. Most have xylographic inscriptions Gothic + Sq. Roman - The 9th German Bible + the 1st printed at Nuremberg, oen of the most eminent + esteemed German woodcut books. (Cologne Bible woodcuts) {#55 (412)" Das Begrabuis Moss. Quintell Bible 1478 (123 cuts) Schramm VIII p. 9 {#54 (411) " Mase am pult, Gottes Weisungen augzeichnend" - Moses at the desk writing down Gods introductions. #53 "Einsekung Josuas" #55 Das Begrabuis Moses (horne present)

HEHL (84597) rub. in red + blue. Capital D D- red -red + green -Blue Red +Gold light purple table red robe yellow skirt blue #53 Einsekung Josuas. -in all woodcuts showing Moses, he has 2 horns.

German Koberger Bible (1483) plus the Cologne Bibles - after their appearance in these Bibles the woodcuts were printed only 1 other time in the Halberstadt Bible 1522. available 3 forms 1) completely uncolored 2) rub + colored simply in greem oclue + purple 3) rub. + colored in a wider variety of colors + gold leaf.

The majority of Armenian MSS extant extant are Gospel books are rarer; rarest of all are lectionaries, hymnals + collections Armenia Miniatures L.A. Dournovo 759.9566 D73 Cupertino Lib. of homilies (Djasentic) - purely secular MSS do not appear before the 15ht C + continue to be very rare thereafter. Paper was occasionally used for texts from the 11th C onwards. However, the 1st MSS to be illuminated on paper date from the 2nd half of the 13th C.

- 3 kinds of script can be distinguished on Armenian manuscripts 1) an uncial script called erkat'agin or iron script rounded or angular - either case words run together without spacing 2) Starting in the 11th C, a minuscule was introduced called bolorgin ("round letters") permitted greater compression + introduced word sreaks. 3) notragir (notrgir) an even more compressed style - introduced in the 17th C. under the influence of secular notary scribes Initial letters always remained in the old erkat'agin capital forms

Armenian binders usually cut a small V-shaped notch into the folded edges of each gathering where they wanted the needle with thread to pass. In Armenian MSS there are commonly 3 or 4 notches, called sewing stations, but there may be more. THe cutting of these notches also recessed the sewing threads, creating MSS with flat spines.

St. Paul's epistle to the Romans r, column 1, line 1-5:1 "through our Lord Jesus Christ"... recto " 2 line 28-5:13 "in the World"... v. " 1 line 1-5:13 "but sin is not reckoned"... v. " 2 line 27-5:20 "But law"...

404 L.A. Bookfair Dawson Feb. '94 $75.00

MSS Koran on paper - Arabic Turkey - about 1800 Ottoman Calligrapher.

13 lines to the page; first, 7th + last line written in a bold blue or gold thuluth script with the remaining text written in a smaller haskhi script in black Gold disis between verses. Margin ruled in colors and gold. Circular illuminated devices in margins. Sura heading in white on finely illuminated panel 21 x 32 cm. end of Surah 20 Ta Ha, beginning of Surah 21 AI Anbiya (The Prophets)

The invocation - 'In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful' - known as the Basmalch, is used before chapter openings throughout the Qur'an.

Thuluth was was 1st formulated in the 7th C during the Umayyad caliphate but did not develop fully until the late 9th C. The name means 'a third' - whether because of the proportion of straight lines to curves, or because of the script was 1/3 the size of another popular contemporary script, the Tumar is not known. Though really used for copying Qur'ans, Thuluth has enjoyed enormous popularity as an ornamental script for calligraphic inscriptions, titles, headings + colophons. It is still counted as the most important of all the ornamental scripts.

To the classic Arab method, European paper makers introduced metal wine molds with a frame called a deckle, and the use of watermarks (1st used at Fabriano). Linen rags provided the raw material.

405 L.A. Book Fair Known + Spellman, Santa Monica Feb. '94 $15.00

See #244 Lonitzer, Adam (Lonicerus) 1528-1586 Krauterbuch, Kunstliche Conterfeytunge der Baume, Ulm: Daniel Bartholomai, 1737. folio 2 pt. Miteiver Zugabe con Balthasae Ehrhart. Cop: NY. Botanical Garden, Univ of Cincinnati, BM [10] 750 [34] 136 p. 34 cm. Ref: Nissen 1228, Pritzel 5599

Von Edelgesteinen (about precious stones) p. 723 Perlen, Unio Margarita Cap. 15 Corallen, Coralluim Cap. 16 Krauter - Buchs Siebender Theil / (seventh part) p. 724 Magnet, Magnes, Cap. 17

Lonicer's popular Kreuterbuch, 1st printed in 1557 + frequently reprinted, was a compilation based on previous works, principally E. Rosslins Kreuterbuch of 1533 + T. Dorsten's Botawion. The text, which is illustrated with woodcuts copied from the herbals of Brunfels, Fuchs, Bock + others, was repeatedly rearanged through successive reeditions.

Stanford Z 315 P15 - Daniel Bartholomaei, I. Ulm, died 1761. Buchhandler, Verlegu 1703-61. Ab: 1728 zusammen mit Sohn Daniel Bartholomai II (died 1764)

406 L.A. Book Fair Known + Spellman Feb. '94 $35.00

Caxton, William translator. William Morris The history of Reynard the Foxe. Kelmscott Press. Hammersmith Dec 15 1892 (issued 1893) Jan. 25 Large quarto. Ref: Ranson, Private Presses p 326, Sparling #10, Cockerell 10 Peterson A 10. Tomkinson 10 86 leaves [a]4b-l8 m2. [2] iij - v[uj] I story begins, 2 pages - 162 [163-4] Edition limited to 310 copies, 300 at 3 guinees on handmade paper (Batchelor) + 10 copies [inserted] at 15 guineas [end inserted] on vellum. Printed in Troy type (with glossary in Chaucer type in red + black. WOodcut title page + facing page with woodcut page border, numerous 8 line + smaller intial capitals + partial borders, printer's device. Binding - full limp vellum, yapp edges, gilt letter spine. Caxton translated from the prose version printed by Lecu in 1478 - Reprint ed from the ed. of 1481. Edited by H. Halliday Sparling. In his bibliography of the Keilmscott Press, Sparling quotes Morris's note in Quaritch's catalogue regarding this book: "This translation of Caxton's is one of the Very best of his works as to style; and being translated from a kindred tongue (the Dutch) is delightful as mere language. In its rude joviality, + simple + direct delineations of character, it is a thoroughly good representative of the famous beast epic." Published by B. Quaritch.

Leaf: 287x295mm. Text 33 lines x 130mm. k3 p. 133+4 - How Ysegrym The Wolf proferd his gloue -watermark present to the foxe for the fyght wyth hym, capitulo XXXV. Flower (2) paper (16x22 inches) p. 129 A fayr parable of the foxe and the wulf, capitulo xxxiiij p. 135 How the foxe toke up the glove, and how the kynge sette to them daye and felde for come + deo theyr bataylle capitulo xxxvj, ends on p. 156, 160 blank, then p. 161-3 (A table of some strange words.) -based on a Dutch prose rendering of Reinaert's historie, a 14th C recension + continuation of Reinaert de Vos. - Borders 5a + 7; side, corner + 3/4 borders; 6 + 8 line initials; chapter, title, explicit in red.

407 LA Bookfair Jeffrey Mancevice, Worcester, MA Feb. '94 $30.00

Blackwell, Elizabeth. (with 1700-1758) A Curious Herbal London: Printed for Samuel Harding, 1737, 2 vols. See #285 for another leaf - Plate 156 Printed for John Nourse, 1739, 2 vols (2nd issue) Vol. I No 1-63. Plate 1-252 Vol. II No 64-125. Plate 253-500 Ref: Nissen 168 Pritzel 811 Plesch 62 Henrey p. 230 Hunt 510 Dunthorne 42. Cop:HEHL

Plate #37 Bryony - Bryonia alba, Vitis alba.

Copy: Cleveland Herbal Project #386 - A curious herbal. 2 vol. London: for 5. Harding [or for J. Nourse], 1737-1739. The plates were etched + engraved by Mrs. Blackwell.

408 L.A. Book Fair Jeffrey Mancevice Worchester, MA. Feb '94 $45.00

Schedel, Hartmann. Das Buch der Croniker und Gerchichter (Tn: George Alt) Nuremberg's treasury secretary. Augsburg: Johann Schonsperger, 18 Sept. 1496 f0 Ref: Goff S-310 h. 14511 Hleb + 890.2 Schr 5206 Voull (P) 232. Cop: Stan UL, HEHL, UN Cal.

Blat v a5 (of 6) See #66 (Latin ed.) Schedel - the woodcut illust. the 7th day of creation. THe central earth is surrounded by the water, oil + fire. These 4 elements are followed by the circle of the then recognized 7 planets the moon, Mercury, Venus, the sun, Mars, Jupiter + Saturn. Next comes the firmament of fixed stars, with the signs of the Zodiac. The Nuremberg diagram also includes the medieval additions of the invisible crystalline sphere + the outermost 'primum mobile' which was thought to control the movement of the univers. Finally the Lord + his angels dwell in the highest heaven or Empyrium Personification of the 4 winds - in the corners.

HEHL (104209) No rub. or coloring My leaf Blat V a5 (of 6) 1496 capital in this ed

(104212) 1500 Blat V a5 (of 6) orthography differs H. 14512 4 woodcuts are colored - 2 on my leaf. small be in this edition the woodcuts are those of the Latin ed. of 1497 with the addition of the map of Germany

1496 al alleyn gepore dz

brin beschef 1500 nit geneifz

317 numbered leaves, 1 blank leaf 2 leaves with map + 11 leaves of Register.

there are 5 incunabula ed. of the Nuremberg Chronicle (3 German + 2 Latin) + this is the scarcest of the 5.

409 Heritage L. Angeles Feb '94 $150

Herbarius latinus (without synonymus) Vicenza: Leonardus (Achatus) de Basilea + Guilielmus de Papia, 27 Oct. 1491 See #237 for another leaf Ref: Goff H-68 HC 8451 Early Herbals 10 Pell 1314 Pr 7131 BMC VII 1033. Wellome 3100. Cop: BMawr CL, HEHL, PML, UNCa L. MMu (P)L

a-t8, ux8. 172 leaves, I + 156 blank, 5-154 numbered I to CL Tables (2a-3a, 155a, 155b) in 2 col. 157a: 33 lines. 144x89mm. Tyeps: 114R (capitals only) names of plants P. 7 - heavy rather rough text type. In use 148, 81, 89, 91. 88 R (P.6) 1st used in 1481 + is still in use in 1497. printed capitals on 2a + 157a, capital spaces with guide letters from 157a onwards; border on 2a. 150 woodcuts of herbals

Schoeffer's Herbarias was 1st printed in Italy in this Vicenza ed. of 1491. Unlike the various transalpine eds, the Vicenza ed. supplies no vernacular plant names

HEHL(88180) no rub. or coloring, Gilt edge -same watermark present. 19.6x14cm. width of type -89mm

CXXXVIII de Scolopendria hirtz zunge (hart's tongue) fern s2 (of 8) Cap. Primu de absintheo. a wild vine found in willow thickets CXXXVI de Salice (Salix - willow CXXXVII de Saxifrags - saxifrage CXXXIX de Scabiosa. -Devil's bit [crossed out] hart's tongue [end crossed out] [inserted] Scabious (Rough Coralium) Centaurea Scabiosa (Common Knapweed) Krautia Arvensis Scabious (field) [end inserted] CXL de Salvia. - sage CL de Vsnea.

XX de Ambrosiana. LXXX de Lactuca XXXII de Cicorea. CIIII de poritaria. LVI Ellebor albo. CXXXIIII de Squilla. LVII Ellebor nigro.

Leonardus Achatu - after producing some 5 books at Padua in 1472-3 + possibly 1 at Santorso (1474) he became the 1st printer at Vicenza + between the spring of 1474 + 1497 printed there some 2 score incuncabula of a rather varied character.

Woodcuts of this period were cut on "planks" of fairly soft fruitwood. The relief images so produced were inked with a mixture of boiled linseed oil + lampslack + printed on the hand press - finished with hand coloring. Fuchs - hand finished with (later ? by owner) transparent water color. privately colored original - well finished color copies were issued by the publisher. 1542 + 43 herbals exist in both colored and uncolored copies

Huntington QK 98.2 B75 (1986) Printmaking in the Service of Botany

Bibliography + Natural History QK 81 B5