Weckglock, darinnen die schlaffende Teutschen wider die wachende Türcken auffgewecket werden : Das ist, Gründtliche Beschreibung, in was Noth vnd Bedrängnuss Teutschland, vmb der Sünde willen, durch Gog vnd Magog, das ist, den Türcken, kommen werde ... : Ietzundt allen frommen Christen, hohes vnd niders Standts, Geistlichen vnd Weltlichen bey diesem gegenwärtigen, gefährlichen vnd betrübten Kriegswesen, in Hungern vnd Crabaten, &c. zu hohem Trost vnd Vnterricht in Druck verfertiget / Durch M. Rupertum Erythropilum, Predigern in Hannouer zum H. Creutz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erythropel, Rupert, 1556-1626.

Contributor:

Spies, Johann, approximately 1540-1623, printer.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

German Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Turkey--Foreign public opinion, Germany--Early works to 1800.

Turkey.

Physical Description:

24 unnumbered pages, 444 pages ; 20 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Gründtliche Beschreibung, in was Noth vnd Bedrängnuss Teutschland, vmb der Sünde willen, durch Gog vnd Magog, das ist, den Türcken, kommen werde

Gründtliche Beschreibung, in was Noth und Bedrängnuss Teutschland, umb der Sünde willen, durch Gog und Magog, das ist, den Türcken, kommen werde

Fingerprint:

iee- e-ur eyes sada (3) 1595 (R)

Place of Publication:

Gedruckt zu Franckfurt am Mayn : Durch Iohann Spies, Im Iahr MDXCV [1595]

Notes:

Colophon on leaf 3K2v.

Signatures: a-c⁴ A-3I⁴ 3K².

A variant: gathering c incorrectly imposed with c1v and c3v in each other's place and c2v and c4v in each other's place.

Title in red and black.

Woodcut tail-pieces.

Printed marginalia.

Local Notes:

Copy 1 purchased for the Penn Libraries in 1963.

Penn Libraries copy 1 has paper slip with bookseller's printed description (of this copy?) and ms. notes affixed to front pastedown.

Penn Libraries copy 1 bound in full early parchment; ms. brief title ("Erythropili WeckGlock") at head of spine.

Penn Libraries copy 1 has wormhole in upper portion of leaves 3K1-3K2 (with minor damage to text), back free endpaper and back pastedown.

Copy 2 purchased for the Penn Libraries in 1966.

Penn Libraries copy 2 bound with: Peifer, David. Tyranni Turcici. VVittebergae : Typis Zachariae Cratonis, Anno MDLXXXVII [1587] -- Lang, Johannes. Ioannis Langi Silesij, ad Iesum Christum Dei Filium, pro Christianis contra Turcas elegia. Viennae Pannoniae : In aedibus Ioannis Singrenij, Anno MDXXXIX [1539] -- Vnterrichtung, Welcher gestalt sich ein jeder von der Herrschafft, Ritterschafft, vnd Adel inn schwebenden kriegssleufften gegen Gott verhalten soll. Gedruckt zu Königsberg in Preussen : Durch Iohann Daubmann, [between 1554 and 1573?].

Penn Libraries copy 2 is variant in which gathering c is incorrectly imposed. In this copy the pages appear in the following order: c1r, c3v, c4r, c2v, c3r, c1v, c2r, c4v.

Penn Libraries copy 2 bound in early full blind-tooled pig; 4 raised bands on spine; evidence of 2 fore-edge ties; illegible ms. contents list(?) at head of spine; ms. numeral ("149") on fore-edge; all edges red.

Penn Libraries copy 2 has some ms. underlines and marginal marks in pencil in text; a few ms. marginal marks in brown ink in text; early ms. notes in tail outer corner of leaves in gathering c noting the proper order of the text; ms. pencil sketch of a woman and child on last blank leaf at end of volume.

Penn Libraries copy 2 has a few wormholes in pastedowns and blank leaves at beginning and end of volume.

Cited in:

VD 16 R 3315

OCLC:

78815056