Panoplia Omnium Illiberalium Mechanicarum Aut Sedentariarum artium genera continens, quotquot unquam vel à veteribus, aut nostri etiam seculi, celebritate excogitari potuerunt, breviter & dilucidè confecta: carminum liber primus, tum mira varietate rerum vocabulorumq;, novo more excogitatorum copia perquàm utilis, lectúque periucundus. Accesserunt Etiam Venustissimæ Imagines omnes omnium artificum negociationes ad vivum Lectori representantes, antehac nec visæ, nec unquam æditæ: per Hartman, Schopperum, Novoforens, Noricum.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
07/2709
Imprint
Francofurti Ad Moenum,: , Cum Privilegio Caesareo, M. D. LXVIII.
Physical Description
8° : A8, A-R8, S4 (G5 mis-signed F5). = [148] leaves bearing [132] woodcut illus. (8 rptd.)
Contents
[T.p., dedic.] - [Verses in Greek and Latin] - [Text and illus.] - [Verses] - Domini Sigismundi Feyrabendij, Typographi & civis Francofordiensis Symbolum - [Colophon].
Responsibility Note
The printer and publisher are named in the colophon: 'Impressum Francofurti ad Mœnum, apud Georgium Corvinum, impensis Sigismundi Feyerabent. M.D.LXVIII.' The illustrations are woodcuts from designs by Jost Amman, mainly cut by the artist.The work is dedicated by Sigismundus Feyrabend to Oswaldo Ab Eck, Et Wolfeck.
References
I. O'Dell, Jost Ammans Buchschmuck-Holzschnitte fur Sigmund Feyerabend (1993); J.S. Peters, ed., The Illustrated Bartsch 20 (Part 1) (2) ... German Masters Of Ther Sixteenth Century Jost Amman ... (1985), p.667-701.
Summary Note
In the title the word 'Panoplia' is printed in Greek letter.
Provenance
The verso of the front free endpaper is signed in pencil 'S.A.H.', i.e. Solomon A. Hart, R.A., Librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81. Purchased for RA Library in 1880 (see RA Annual Report for 1880, p. 42).
Copy Note
On the front free endpaper is pasted an extract from a bookseller's printed catalogue (item 398 of p.24), probably referring to this copy, describing it as 'Very scarce, and sold for 175 francs in Marquis de Morante's sale.' A small sheet of paper has been loosely inserted, on which is written by an unidentified hand, 'Sold for 175 Frs. Lot 446 Marquis de Morantes Sale Paris Feby. 1872. "Livre rare et recherché ... les exemplaires bien conservés sont fort rares."'. The verso of the front free endpaper is inscribed in pencil, 'Very fine copy Maltbys Sale 185 with Jost Amman's woodcuts ...'
Binding Note
Signed binding by P. Bozerian le jeune. Early 19th-century straight-grain dark blue morocco, gilt-tooled borders; spine direct-lettered in gilt, 'PANOPLIA / OMNIUM / ARTIUM / 1568' and 'REL. P. BOZERIAN JEUNE'.
Subject
Occupations - Trade (function) - Industries - Iconography - Europe - Germany - History - 16th century
Latin poetry - Germany - 16th century
Pictorial works - Woodcuts - Germany - 16th century
Bindings - France - 19th century
Latin poetry - Germany - 16th century
Pictorial works - Woodcuts - Germany - 16th century
Bindings - France - 19th century
