Accipito candide lector, Erasmi Roterodami Prouerbiorum chiliadas : rursum ab ipso non aestimandis sudoribus recognitas, & ex probatissimis autoribus sic locupletatas, ut superioris aeditionis summae, fere quarta pars accesserit : nos neq[ue] sumptui, neq[ue] labori pepercimus, ut tam eruditum opus, tam copiosum, ut uere flumen aureu[m] uocare possis, q[uae] eme[n]datissimum e nostra officina prodiret in lucem, plane nouum, & hactenus a nemine excusum : eme, fruere, & vale.
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. author.; Froben, Johann, 1460?-1527, printer.; Blarer, Ambrosius, 1492-1564, former owner.; Blarer, Ambrosius, 1492-1564, annotator.; Blarer, Katharina, active 16th century, former owner.; Wanger, Wilhelm, active 16th century, former owner.; Strozzi, Tito Vespasiano, 1425?-1505, associated name.
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Accipito candide lector, Erasmi Roterodami Prouerbiorum chiliadas : rursum ab ipso non aestimandis sudoribus recognitas, & ex probatissimis autoribus sic locupletatas, ut superioris aeditionis summae, fere quarta pars accesserit : nos neq[ue] sumptui, neq[ue] labori pepercimus, ut tam eruditum opus, tam copiosum, ut uere flumen aureu[m] uocare possis, q[uae] eme[n]datissimum e nostra officina prodiret in lucem, plane nouum, & hactenus a nemine excusum : eme, fruere, & vale.
Uniform title
Adagia
Variant title
At head of title: Io. Frobenius studiosis omnibus s.d.
Created/published
In inclyta Basilea : Ex aedibus nostris, an[no] MDXV [1515]
Description
[48], 634 p. ; 32 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. author.
Froben, Johann, 1460?-1527, printer.
Blarer, Ambrosius, 1492-1564, former owner.
Blarer, Ambrosius, 1492-1564, annotator.
Blarer, Katharina, active 16th century, former owner.
Wanger, Wilhelm, active 16th century, former owner.
Strozzi, Tito Vespasiano, 1425?-1505, associated name.
Froben, Johann, 1460?-1527, printer.
Blarer, Ambrosius, 1492-1564, former owner.
Blarer, Ambrosius, 1492-1564, annotator.
Blarer, Katharina, active 16th century, former owner.
Wanger, Wilhelm, active 16th century, former owner.
Strozzi, Tito Vespasiano, 1425?-1505, associated name.
Note
"Finis Chiliadum Erasmi Roterodami ex accuratissima officina Frobeniana Basileae."--Colophon (p. 632).
"Ioannes Frobenius bonarum literarum amatoribus s.d." dated "ex aedibus nostris, an. M.D.X.V.": p. 633 (misnumbered 635); followed by Froben's device.
Signatures: [superscript pi]2A-2D⁶ a-z⁶ A-Z⁶ 2A-2E⁶ 2F⁴ 2G⁸ (-2G8, blank?).
Title within woodcut illustrated border including portraits of classical authors and King Solomon.
Includes indexes.
Page 633 wrongly numbered as 635.
"Ioannes Frobenius bonarum literarum amatoribus s.d." dated "ex aedibus nostris, an. M.D.X.V.": p. 633 (misnumbered 635); followed by Froben's device.
Signatures: [superscript pi]2A-2D⁶ a-z⁶ A-Z⁶ 2A-2E⁶ 2F⁴ 2G⁸ (-2G8, blank?).
Title within woodcut illustrated border including portraits of classical authors and King Solomon.
Includes indexes.
Page 633 wrongly numbered as 635.
Publications about material
Hasse, Hans-Peter. "Bücher aus dem Nachlass von Ambrosius Blarer." Alpirsbach : zur Geschichte von Kloster un Stadt. Stuttgart : Theiss, 2001.
Cited/described in
Bezzel 71
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), E 1933
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), E 1933
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Genre/form
Clasps (Binding)
Annotations.
Underscoring.
Annotations.
Underscoring.
Place of creation/publication
Switzerland -- Basel.
Item Details
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PA8503 1515 Cage
Folger-specific note
In contemporary alum-tawed pigskin over bevelled wooden boards; blind fillets and blind rolled frames and panel stamps on covers; clasps; manuscript spine title. Manuscript inscription following title: "Is liber comparatus est Tubingae per me fratrum Ambrosium Blarer impendio matris meae" and at bottom: "et pientissimae Caterina Blarer [...?] floreri 17 [...?] anno 16[.?]. At top: "Sum Gulielmi Wanger 1536" and "Soc[ieta]tis Jesu Constantiae." Seven lines from Strozzi's Eroticon ("[Anthia] nec placidum tempus obire sine ..." on front paste-down endpaper. Numerous annotations by Blarer in Latin, Greek, and German, as well as detailed pen and ink drawings illustrating the adages. Hans-Peter Hasse provides a study of Blarer's reading of this copy in his: "Bücher aus dem Nachlass von Ambrosius Blarer."