Haarlem] - BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS, O.F.M. - De proprietatibus rerum [Dutch] Van den proprieteyten der dinghen. Haarlem, J. Bellaert, 24 December 1485, folio, 16th-c. blindstamped pigskin over wood, covers with central decorative rolls surrounded by 12 biblical scenes, 4 catches preserved (clasps and 2 catches gone), spine on 6 raised bands with ink title at head, edges bevelled inside, [463 (of 466)] ff. (lacking 3 text ff.: C5, "long s" 8, DD5; 3 orig. blanks present; blank bottom margin of first 2 ff. cut off, tear in margin of m7, q7, B1, EE1, occ. soiling or staining, minor worming, old repair to tear in f2). Excellent copy.
Only ed. of the Dutch trsl. of the voluminous encyclopaedia of the Franciscan theologian Bartholomaeus Anglicus, compiled in 1231 and 1st publ. in Latin Cologne 1471. It describes the whole of Creation, from God and his angels to man and his natural world. The 19 books deal with the complete knowledge of its age: theology, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, chronology, zoology, botany, geography, mineralogy, etc. His sources include Greek, Jewish and Arab treatises recently become available in Latin. The Dutch ed. is famous for its 12 astonishing original full-page woodcuts , all present here in old colouring : God the Father enthroned in heaven (a1v), Fall of the rebel angels (devils, a8v), Creation of Eve (c4v), The 7 stages of a man’s life (m7v), Earth and universe (astronomy, "long s" 7v), Activities on the land for each of the 12 months (within circles, u2v), 68 kinds of birds (y7v), 27 kinds of fish (z7v), Landscape with meandering river (A1v), Plants and trees (F1v), 38 kinds of animals (Q2v), as well as Bellaert’s impressive publisher’s mark at the end. The text is rubricated throughout , and there are 18 large decorated initials with penwork extending into the margin (at the beginning of the "books"). Gothic type, in 2 columns of 40 ll., with capital spaces and guide-letters. Ref. ISTC ib00142000. GW 3123. Goff B-142. ILC 349. IDL 678. Polain 507. BMC IX:102. BnF B-111. BSB München B-100. Kok (Woodcuts) 163.1-11 & 156 (mark).
Haarlem] - BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS, O.F.M. - De proprietatibus rerum [Dutch] Van den proprieteyten der dinghen. Haarlem, J. Bellaert, 24 December 1485, folio, 16th-c. blindstamped pigskin over wood, covers with central decorative rolls surrounded by 12 biblical scenes, 4 catches preserved (clasps and 2 catches gone), spine on 6 raised bands with ink title at head, edges bevelled inside, [463 (of 466)] ff. (lacking 3 text ff.: C5, "long s" 8, DD5; 3 orig. blanks present; blank bottom margin of first 2 ff. cut off, tear in margin of m7, q7, B1, EE1, occ. soiling or staining, minor worming, old repair to tear in f2). Excellent copy.
Only ed. of the Dutch trsl. of the voluminous encyclopaedia of the Franciscan theologian Bartholomaeus Anglicus, compiled in 1231 and 1st publ. in Latin Cologne 1471. It describes the whole of Creation, from God and his angels to man and his natural world. The 19 books deal with the complete knowledge of its age: theology, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, chronology, zoology, botany, geography, mineralogy, etc. His sources include Greek, Jewish and Arab treatises recently become available in Latin. The Dutch ed. is famous for its 12 astonishing original full-page woodcuts , all present here in old colouring : God the Father enthroned in heaven (a1v), Fall of the rebel angels (devils, a8v), Creation of Eve (c4v), The 7 stages of a man’s life (m7v), Earth and universe (astronomy, "long s" 7v), Activities on the land for each of the 12 months (within circles, u2v), 68 kinds of birds (y7v), 27 kinds of fish (z7v), Landscape with meandering river (A1v), Plants and trees (F1v), 38 kinds of animals (Q2v), as well as Bellaert’s impressive publisher’s mark at the end. The text is rubricated throughout , and there are 18 large decorated initials with penwork extending into the margin (at the beginning of the "books"). Gothic type, in 2 columns of 40 ll., with capital spaces and guide-letters. Ref. ISTC ib00142000. GW 3123. Goff B-142. ILC 349. IDL 678. Polain 507. BMC IX:102. BnF B-111. BSB München B-100. Kok (Woodcuts) 163.1-11 & 156 (mark).
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