P. Gasparis Schotti e Societate Jesu, Schola steganographica : in classes octo distributa, quibus, praeter alia multa, ac jucundissima, explicantur artificia nova, queis quilibet, scribendo epistolam qualibet de re, & quocunque idiomate, potest alteri absenti, eorundem artificiorum conscio, arcanum animi sui conceptum, sine ulla secreti latentis suspicione manifestare ; & scriptam ab aliis eâdem arte, quacunque linguâ, intelligere, & interpretari ... Cum figuris aeri incisis, & privilegio.
1680
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P. Gasparis Schotti e Societate Jesu, Schola steganographica : in classes octo distributa, quibus, praeter alia multa, ac jucundissima, explicantur artificia nova, queis quilibet, scribendo epistolam qualibet de re, & quocunque idiomate, potest alteri absenti, eorundem artificiorum conscio, arcanum animi sui conceptum, sine ulla secreti latentis suspicione manifestare ; & scriptam ab aliis eâdem arte, quacunque linguâ, intelligere, & interpretari ... Cum figuris aeri incisis, & privilegio.
Uniform title
Schola steganographica
Created/published
[Nuremberg] : Sumptibus Johannis Andreae Endteri, & Wolfgangi Junioris Haered : Excudebat Jobus Hertz, typographus Herbipol : Prostant Norimbergae apud dictos Endteros, anno MDCLXXX [1680]
Description
[36], 346, [10?] p., [7] leaves (6 folded), [4] folded leaves of plates : ill. (copper engravings), music, 1 coat of arms music (copper engraving) ; 21 cm (4to)
Associated name
Schott, Gaspar, 1608-1666. author.
Hertz, Jobst, active 1660-1706, printer.
Johann Andreas Endters seel. Söhne, publisher.
Wolfgang Endter der Jüngere Erben, publisher.
Hertz, Jobst, active 1660-1706, printer.
Johann Andreas Endters seel. Söhne, publisher.
Wolfgang Endter der Jüngere Erben, publisher.
Note
Added engraved title page reads: Schola steganographica P. Gaspar: Schotti Soc: Iesu. Combinatio tabellarum steganographicarum. Sumptibus Iohannis Andreae Endteri, et Wolffgangi Iunioris Haered: Anno M. DC. LXV.
Half title: P. Gasparis Schotti Societatis Jesu, Schola steganographica.
The third publisher statement follows the date of publication.
Title page printed in red and black.
Signatures:)( -4)(⁴ 5)(² A-2X⁴ ( -2X4?) 2Y² [chi]? The last printed leaf, "Ad bibliopegum", instructions to the binder, and blank verso (p. [355]-[356], is generally regarded as part of the book as issued.
"Ad Serenissimum S.R.I. Principem Ferdinandum Maximilianum Marchionem Badensem"--Title page, with his coat-of-arms on title page verso, followed by Schott's "Dedicatio."
Includes index.
Contains musical cyphers (p. 323-326).
Half title: P. Gasparis Schotti Societatis Jesu, Schola steganographica.
The third publisher statement follows the date of publication.
Title page printed in red and black.
Signatures:)( -4)(⁴ 5)(² A-2X⁴ ( -2X4?) 2Y² [chi]? The last printed leaf, "Ad bibliopegum", instructions to the binder, and blank verso (p. [355]-[356], is generally regarded as part of the book as issued.
"Ad Serenissimum S.R.I. Principem Ferdinandum Maximilianum Marchionem Badensem"--Title page, with his coat-of-arms on title page verso, followed by Schott's "Dedicatio."
Includes index.
Contains musical cyphers (p. 323-326).
Contents
classis 1., in qua explicatur inventum Joannis Trithemii
classis 2., in qua explicatur artificium primum Athanasii Kircheri
classis 3., in qua explicatur artificium secundum Athanasii Kircheri
classis 4., in qua explicatur artificium facile et universale
classis 5., in qua explicatur steganographia brevis, facilis, universalis
classis 6., in qua explicatur steganographia per paucas ac perbreves tabellulaque
classis 7., in qua explicantur varia erotemata steganographica, praesertim quae Joannis Trithemii Steganographiam ac polygraphiam concernunt
classis 8., in qua explicantur varia artificia tam ad steganographiam, quàm ad steganologiam spectantia
Catalogus librorum à P. Gasparo Schotto ... hactenus editorum (recto of last leaf).
classis 2., in qua explicatur artificium primum Athanasii Kircheri
classis 3., in qua explicatur artificium secundum Athanasii Kircheri
classis 4., in qua explicatur artificium facile et universale
classis 5., in qua explicatur steganographia brevis, facilis, universalis
classis 6., in qua explicatur steganographia per paucas ac perbreves tabellulaque
classis 7., in qua explicantur varia erotemata steganographica, praesertim quae Joannis Trithemii Steganographiam ac polygraphiam concernunt
classis 8., in qua explicantur varia artificia tam ad steganographiam, quàm ad steganologiam spectantia
Catalogus librorum à P. Gasparo Schotto ... hactenus editorum (recto of last leaf).
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2015. Decoding the Renaissance. November 11, 2014 to February 26, 2015. Open to foldout opp. p. 91.
Cited/described in
Gallard, J.S. Bib. of lit. of cryptology, p. 163, note
BM v. 216, column 31
BN v. 167, column 406
Grässe VI, pt. 1, p. 315
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVII. Jahrhunderts (VD 17), 39:119198B
BM v. 216, column 31
BN v. 167, column 406
Grässe VI, pt. 1, p. 315
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVII. Jahrhunderts (VD 17), 39:119198B
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Germany -- Nuremberg.
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170- 941q
Folger-specific note
Lacks the "instruction to binder" leaf. Leaf 2X4 is a blank. Folger copy contains 4 folded illustrative plates and 6 folded plates containing tables. In leather binding with gold-stamped label on spine. Engraved bookplate with ownership in manuscript (Mr. Langlois). Ownership inscription in red ink in French and English on recto of front free endpaper describing the purchase (Francis Langlois dancing master in London).
Folger accession
170941