Lot 673
M. Elucidarius. Von allerhand Geschöpffen Gottes... Frankfurt a. M., around 1563.
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€ 1.000
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€ 650
Lot:
673
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Old prints up to 1600
Lucidarius. - M. Elucudarius: Von allerhand Geschöpffen Gottes/ den Engeln/ den Himmeln/ Gestirns/ Planeten/ vnd wie alle Creaturen geschaffen seyn auff Erden. Auch wie die Erd in drey theil getheilt/ vnd deren Länder/ sampt der Völcker darinn Eigenschafften vnd wunderbarlichen Thieren/ auß Plinio Secundo/ Solino/ vnd andern Weltbeschreibern/ ein kurze lustige anzeigung. Frankfurt a. M.: Weigand Han Erben (around 1563). 18,5 x 13,7 cm. Title in red and black with a woodcut (compass rose). 44 leaves. Modern marbled paperback with a handwritten spine label
(Slightly discoloured, showing moderate signs of age and fingermark stains, with small traces of ink in places. The last leaf has been mounted onto a blank sheet, on the reverse of which is a short prescription for ‘Vor morbo galliko’ in 16th-century handwriting.)
VD16 L 3092. K. Schorbach, Studien über das deutsche Volksbuch Lucidarius, S. 87, No. 33. Heitz/Ritter, Dt. Volksbücher, No. 341. - The so-called German *Lucidarius* was, in its earliest form, a Middle High German prose poem written around 1190, which presented the theological and scientific knowledge of the time (geography, astronomy, meteorology). Over time, it underwent extensive changes, particularly due to its enormous popularity following its first printing in 1479 – with 28 incunabula editions alone – and became a true popular work. In this early edition, the geographical chapters cover only the continents of Asia, Europe and Africa.
(Slightly discoloured, showing moderate signs of age and fingermark stains, with small traces of ink in places. The last leaf has been mounted onto a blank sheet, on the reverse of which is a short prescription for ‘Vor morbo galliko’ in 16th-century handwriting.)
VD16 L 3092. K. Schorbach, Studien über das deutsche Volksbuch Lucidarius, S. 87, No. 33. Heitz/Ritter, Dt. Volksbücher, No. 341. - The so-called German *Lucidarius* was, in its earliest form, a Middle High German prose poem written around 1190, which presented the theological and scientific knowledge of the time (geography, astronomy, meteorology). Over time, it underwent extensive changes, particularly due to its enormous popularity following its first printing in 1479 – with 28 incunabula editions alone – and became a true popular work. In this early edition, the geographical chapters cover only the continents of Asia, Europe and Africa.