Dicteria prouerbialia, rhythmica, ab antiquitate mutuata, et doctrinam ethicam complectentia, cum versione Germanica Andreae Gartneri Mariaemontani : his accesserunt Marcolphus, Regulae nuptiales, Sortilegium rhythmaticum, Prognostica seu practica perpetua, Praecepta valetudinis & morum, Monopolium philosophorum : ita vt vna eademque opera prodesse simul & delectare voluerimus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gartner, Andreas.

Contributor:

Chr. Egenolffs Erben, printer.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

German Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

German

Latin

Subjects (All):

Proverbs, Latin--Early works to 1800.

Proverbs, Latin.

Penn Provenance:

Stirling Maxwell, William, 1818-1878 (armorial binding) (bookplate)

Physical Description:

127 leaves, 62 unnumbered leaves ; 15 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

Dicteria proverbialia, rhythmica, ab antiqvitate mvtvata, et doctrinam ethicam complectentia, cum versione Germanica Andreae Gartneri Mariaemontani

Dicteria proverbialia, rhythmica, ab antiquitate mutuata, et doctrinam ethicam complectentia, cum versione Germanica Andreae Gartneri Mariaemontani

Fingerprint:

utre its. s.s. auDi (3) 1585 (R)

Place of Publication:

Franc. : Apud haered. Christ. Egen., MDXXCV [1585]

Notes:

Colophon on leaf a5r, which reads: Francofurti ad Moenum, apud Haeredes Christiani Egenolphi, D. Adam. Lonicerum. D. Ioannis Cnipij Andronici secundi viduam, & Paulum Steinmeyerum. M. D LXXXV.

Woodcut devices (title leaf and leaf a5r), initials and tail-pieces.

Title and woodcut title vignette (printer's device) in red and black.

Local Notes:

Purchased for the Penn Libraries in 1962.

Penn Libraries copy has armorial bookplate of Sir William Stirling Maxwell on front pastedown; bookplate ("PROVERBS KEIR") of Maxwell's library at Keir on back pastedown.

Penn Libraries copy in the amorial binding of Sir William Stirling Maxwell: full blind-tooled calf with Maxwell's arms, incorporating his motto ("GANG FORWARD") and initials ("WS"), on left board and his monogram ("WS") on right board; 5 raised bands on spine; title ("DICTERIA PROVERBIALIA RHTHMICA"), author's name ("AND. GARTNERI, ETC[...]") and imprint ("FRANC: 1580 [sic]") stamped in gold on spine; colored endpapers (now orange); all edges red.

Penn Libraries copy has some ms. underlines and marks in text.

Penn Libraries copy: occasional ink blots on leaves; pinpoint wormhole in lower portion of fore-edge margin of leaves Y4-a5; pinpoint wormhole in upper portion of fore-edge margin of leaves Z1-a5.

Cited in:

VD 16 ZV 6324

OCLC:

802061100