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Title
Margarita philosophica.
Created/published
[Freiburg im Breisgau] : Chalchographatum primiciali hac pressura Friburgi p[er] Ioanne[m] Schottu[m] Argen[toraci], citra festu[m] Margareth[ae] anno gratiae MCCCCC III [19 July 1503]
Description
[604] p. (the last 2 blank), [3] folded plates : ill. (woodcuts), map, music ; 23 cm (4to)
Note
First ed., as the colophon states, despite references to earlier issues; see Sabin, Becker.
Imprint from colophon (2f5r).
Signatures: pi⁸ 1⁶ 2-4⁸ a-q⁸ r⁶ A-B⁸ C⁴ D-K⁸ L-M⁶ 2a-2d⁸ 2e⁶ 2f⁶ (-2f6, blank?).
Wood-cut allegorical title page and numerous cuts in text, including 20 full-page (that depicting the birth of Eve appears twice, on r6v and D1v). The 3 folded plates are: [1]. Descriptio inuentionis semitonij minoris -- [2]. [Diagram of relations between musical tones] -- [3]. [Map of the world]. The map derives from that of Ptolemy as published in 1482 at Ulm; see Becker.
Includes index.
Imprint from colophon (2f5r).
Signatures: pi⁸ 1⁶ 2-4⁸ a-q⁸ r⁶ A-B⁸ C⁴ D-K⁸ L-M⁶ 2a-2d⁸ 2e⁶ 2f⁶ (-2f6, blank?).
Wood-cut allegorical title page and numerous cuts in text, including 20 full-page (that depicting the birth of Eve appears twice, on r6v and D1v). The 3 folded plates are: [1]. Descriptio inuentionis semitonij minoris -- [2]. [Diagram of relations between musical tones] -- [3]. [Map of the world]. The map derives from that of Ptolemy as published in 1482 at Ulm; see Becker.
Includes index.
Cited/described in
Ferguson, J. Margarita Philosophica (Library, 4th ser., 10 (1930): 194-216), p. 197-201
Sabin 69122
Becker, U. Reisch, p. 5-8
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), R 1033
Sabin 69122
Becker, U. Reisch, p. 5-8
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), R 1033
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Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library AE3 .R3 1503 Cage
Genre/form
Annotations.
Underscoring.
Underscoring.
Place of creation/publication
Germany -- Freiburg im Breisgau.
Item Details
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AE3 .R3 1503 Cage
Folger-specific note
Bound in 2 v. in 19th cent. dark brown willow grain goatskin; a gilt frame of fillets and tools; gilt title and blind tooling on spine; gilt turn-ins. Binder's label: "Bound by J. Faulkner, 8 Queen Street, Little Tower Hill." Underscoring; manuscript notes in Latin.