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Polygraphiæ libri sex

Title
Polygraphiæ libri sex / Ioannis Trithemij Abbatis Peapolitani, quondam Spanheimensis, ad Maximilianum Cæsarem.
Author
Trithemius, Johannes, 1462-1516.
Publication
[Basel?] : Impressum ære ac impensis integerrimi bibliopolæ Ioannis Haselbergi de Aia Constantiensis Diœcesis, 1518 mense Iulio.

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Description
[540] p. : ill. (woodcut) on title pages; 28 cm. (fol.)
Alternative Title
Clauis Polygraphiæ.
Subjects
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: a-b⁶, A⁸ B-Z⁶, ²a-²b⁶ c-m⁶ n⁸ o-r⁶, ²A⁶ ²B-²C⁴.
  • Printed in red and black.
  • "Clauis Polygraphiæ Ioannis Tritemij Abbatis Diui Iacobi Herbipolensis, quondam Spanheimensis, Ordinis Sancti Benedicti, obseruantiæ Bursfeldensium patrum": p. [513-538], with special t.p. and separate signatures. Colophon (p. [538]) reads: ... Impressum ductu Ioannis Haselberg de Aia bibliopolæ ... M.D.XVIII, men. Iulio.
  • "Ordo ternionum Polygraphiæ ... 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 (note)
  • "Pinax, siue, Index lucubrationum Ioannis Tritemij" by J. Duraclusius: p. [5-9].
Indexed In (note)
  • Panzer
  • Brunet
  • Grässe
  • Caillet, A.L. Sciences psychiques
  • Isaac
  • Dodgson
  • BM STC German, 1455-1600
  • Wellcome cat. of printed books
  • Benzing, J. Haselberg
  • Shulman, D. Cryptography
Call Number
*KGX 1518 87-124
LCCN
32017914
OCLC
  • 17333636
  • NYPG87-B94883
Author
Trithemius, Johannes, 1462-1516.
Title
Polygraphiæ libri sex / Ioannis Trithemij Abbatis Peapolitani, quondam Spanheimensis, ad Maximilianum Cæsarem.
Imprint
[Basel?] : Impressum ære ac impensis integerrimi bibliopolæ Ioannis Haselbergi de Aia Constantiensis Diœcesis, 1518 mense Iulio.
Bibliography
"Pinax, siue, Index lucubrationum Ioannis Tritemij" by J. Duraclusius: p. [5-9].
Indexed 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
Local Note
Leaves b6 and r6, blank, wanting.
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Added Author
Trithemius, Johannes, 1462-1516. Clavis Polygraphiae. 1518.
Added Title
Clauis Polygraphiæ.
Research Call Number
*KGX 1518 87-124
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