Polygraphiae libri sex Ioannis Trithemij Abbatis Peapolitani, quondam Spanheimensis : ad Maximilianum Caesarem.
1518
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Title
Polygraphiae libri sex Ioannis Trithemij Abbatis Peapolitani, quondam Spanheimensis : ad Maximilianum Caesarem.
Created/published
[Basel?] : Impressum aere ac impensis integerrimi bibliopolae Ioannis Haselbergi de Aia Constantiensis Dioecesis, anno MDXVIII mense Iulio [1518]
Description
[540] p. ; 29 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Trithemius, Johannes, 1462-1516, author.
Furter, Michael, -1517.
Petri, Adam, 1454-1527.
Haselberg, Johann, publisher.
Töpsl, Franziscus, 1711-1796, former owner.
Furter, Michael, -1517.
Petri, Adam, 1454-1527.
Haselberg, Johann, publisher.
Töpsl, Franziscus, 1711-1796, former owner.
Note
Publisher statement from colophon, p. [510]. Printed chiefly by Michael Furter, Basel, who died between Mar. 5 and May 2, 1517. Cf. Benzing for information on Furter types employed; for documentary evidence, cf. Regesten zur Geschichte des Buchdrucks 1501-1520 / Karl Stehlin, in: Archiv für Geschichte des deutschen Buchhandels, v. 14 (1891), no. 2022 (Dec. 1, 1517); no. 2065 (June 22, 1519). Place of printing/publication given as Oppenheim by Panzer, Brunet, Grässe, Caillet, LC, Shulman; printer as A. Petri, Basel, by Isaac, Dodgson, BM STC and Wellcome.
Benzing gives foliation as: [12], 245, [15] leaves (245 misprint for 243?). No other authority describes a copy as foliated.
Signatures: [superscript pi]a-b⁶ A⁸ B-Z⁶ a-m⁶ n⁸ o-r⁶; ²A⁶ B-C⁴.
Printed in red and black.
"Clauis Polygraphiae Ioannis Tritemij Abbatis Diui Iacobi Herbipolensis, quondam Spanheimensis, Ordinis Sancti Benedicti, obseruantiae Bursfeldensium patrum": p. [513-538], with special title page and separate signatures. Colophon (p. [538]) reads: ... Impressum ductu Ioannis Haselberg de Aia bibliopolae ... M.D. XVIII, men. Iulio.
"Ordo ternionum Polygraphiae ... Canon foliorum Clauis Polygra.": p. [539]; p. [540] blank.
Five-part woodcut on title pages ascribed by Dodgson to H. Springinklee and by M. Lankorońska (Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1955, p. 111) to an artist of Burgkmair's workshop identified with the "Petrarcameister." Floriated initials.
Benzing gives foliation as: [12], 245, [15] leaves (245 misprint for 243?). No other authority describes a copy as foliated.
Signatures: [superscript pi]a-b⁶ A⁸ B-Z⁶ a-m⁶ n⁸ o-r⁶; ²A⁶ B-C⁴.
Printed in red and black.
"Clauis Polygraphiae Ioannis Tritemij Abbatis Diui Iacobi Herbipolensis, quondam Spanheimensis, Ordinis Sancti Benedicti, obseruantiae Bursfeldensium patrum": p. [513-538], with special title page and separate signatures. Colophon (p. [538]) reads: ... Impressum ductu Ioannis Haselberg de Aia bibliopolae ... M.D. XVIII, men. Iulio.
"Ordo ternionum Polygraphiae ... Canon foliorum Clauis Polygra.": p. [539]; p. [540] blank.
Five-part woodcut on title pages ascribed by Dodgson to H. Springinklee and by M. Lankorońska (Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1955, p. 111) to an artist of Burgkmair's workshop identified with the "Petrarcameister." Floriated initials.
Bibliography, etc.
"Pinax, siue, Index lucubrationum Ioannis Tritemij" by J. Duraclusius: p. [5-9].
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2015. Decoding the Renaissance. November 11, 2014 to February 26, 2015. Open to tp.
Cited/described in
Panzer VII, 491, 23
Brunet, V, 960
Grässe VII, 204
Caillet, A.L. Sciences psychiques, III, 10848
Isaac 14325
Dodgson I, 376, no. 12; 405-406, no. 76, 77
BM STC German, 1455-1600 p. 871
Wellcome cat. of printed books, I, 6353, 6357
Benzing, J. Haselberg, 9
Shulman, D. Cryptography, p. 1
Brunet, V, 960
Grässe VII, 204
Caillet, A.L. Sciences psychiques, III, 10848
Isaac 14325
Dodgson I, 376, no. 12; 405-406, no. 76, 77
BM STC German, 1455-1600 p. 871
Wellcome cat. of printed books, I, 6353, 6357
Benzing, J. Haselberg, 9
Shulman, D. Cryptography, p. 1
Includes
Trithemius, Johannes, 1462-1516. Clavis Polygraphiae.
Linked resources
Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library Z103.T7 P6 1518 Cage (folio)
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Genre/form
Clasps (Binding)
Annotations.
Underscoring.
Annotations.
Underscoring.
Place of creation/publication
Switzerland -- Basel.
Item Details
Call number
Z103.T7 P6 1518 Cage
Folger-specific note
In early alum-tawed pigskin over wooden boards; manuscript title on slip attached to spine; remains of clasps. Bookplate: Franciscus Praepositus S. Salvatoris Pollingae a[nn]o 1744. Manuscript inscriptions on recto of front free endpaper: "1566 Conradus Eschinsperger Vberlingensis. O homo cogita qua[m] breue sit spatium nostri [...?]. "Etsi alterum pedem in sepulchro tenerem adhuc tamen discere quidem uellem, it habetur in L. apud Julianu[m] ff. de fidei co[m]miss. libertatib." manuscript inscription on t.p.: "Francis. Christoph. [...?] de Reichenfeld Canonic[us] 1692."