Bibliographie

1545 · 373119 — Zurich: Christoph Froschauer 1545. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST UNIVERSAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. Publisher's woodcut device on title full-page woodcut coat-of-arms of Leonhard Beck the dedicatee. Collation: 8 title dedication 8 blank A6 B4 index; a-z 2A-Z Aa-Zz aa-zz AA-MM6 NN8 text-NN8 blank. Title slightly soiled a few minor stains. 1 vols. Folio. Old vellum spine titled in ink. Late eighteenth-century ownership note on title page. Some light staining to binding light marginal worming in first and last leaves. Very Good. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST UNIVERSAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. Publisher's woodcut device on title full-page woodcut coat-of-arms of Leonhard Beck the dedicatee. Collation: 8 title dedication 8 blank A6 B4 index; a-z 2A-Z Aa-Zz aa-zz AA-MM6 NN8 text-NN8 blank. Title slightly soiled a few minor stains. 1 vols. Folio. Describies about twelve thousand works by some three thousand authors. It is arranged by first names with an excellent index of family and adopted names giving biographies incipits of texts details of editions critical notes on contents on manuscripts projected and unfinished works etc. its only restriction being that everything not in Greek Latin or Hebrew is excluded. It was a truly epochal achievement on which all subsequent bibliographers have to some extent relied directly or indirectly.<br /> <br /> Attractive copy of a landmark work. PMM 73; Breslauer and Folter 14. Besterman Beginnings pp. 15-21; VD16 G1698. Provenance: General Theological Seminary Dean Augustus Hoffman fundbookplates and perforated stamps Christoph Froschauer unknown