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[ REISCH, Gregor].- Margarita philosophica. (Chalchographatum primiciali hac pressura Friburgi [ Fre
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[ REISCH, Gregor].- Margarita philosophica. (Chalchographatum primiciali hac pressura Friburgi [ Freiburg-en-Brisgau], p[er] Ioanne[m] Schottu[m] Argen.citra festu[m] Margaretha[e] [i.e. 19 juillet] anno gratiae 1503. In-4° : [299 (sur 302)] ff., Sign. [ ]8 "1"6 "2"-"3"6 "4"(6 sur 8) a-q8 r6 A-B8 C4 D-K8 L-M6 aa-dd8 ee4 ff5 (incomplet des ff. "4"1, "4"8, F2, ff6 qui est blanc et de la carte, 1 des 2 tableaux dépliants part. manquant, mouillures, pp. brunies, qqs trous marginaux au 3e f.lim.; notes mss de l'époque passim mais souvent rognées, rogné court surtout en gouttière : 195 x 140 mm). Rel. de l'époque : plein parchemin, dos titré doré (mors sup. fendus et coiffe sup. absente, gardes manquantes). POST INCUNABLE FRIBOURGEOIS.Une des premières éditions, si pas la princeps comme indiqué au colophon, de cette sorte de manuel ou encyclopédie de philosophie morale, présentée sous forme de dialogues. "It contains a compendium of the trivium, the quadrivium and the natural and moral sciences" (cfr Smith) c.-à-d. que l'ouvrage est divisé en divers livres dévolus à la grammaire, à la logique, rhétorique, arithmétique, musique, géométrie, astronomie, sciences naturelles, etc. Reisch (Wurtemberg ?-1523 Freiburg) était prieur de St-Jean Baptiste à Freiburg en Brisgau et le confesseur de Maximilien I. L'ouvrage fut immédiatement réédité à Strasbourg (éd. pirate) et à Freiburg en 1504 puis encore en 1508, 1512 etc.Au verso du titre se trouve la répétition du poème laudatif à Reisch imprimé au verso du 3e feuillet. L'illustration se compose d'une vingtaine de bois à pleine page parfois allégoriques ou figurant l'homme zodiacal, la création d'Eve, un accouchement, des yeux, une représentation des zones de la mémoire ou de la création dans le cerveau humain, etc (dont le titre et 2 bois répétés et dont l'explication détaillée est donnée par Davies), de tableaux dépliants, d'in texto de grandeur variée représentant des figures d'anatomie, d'astronomie, de musique ou autres... et de la grande marque typographique de l'éditeur à pleine page in fine.# Davies, Fairfax Murray German, 354 (éd. 1517); # Smith, RA, I-82; # Zinner, Geschichte [...] der astronomischen Literatur, 829; # Proctor, German books BM, 11717; # Sabin 69122 (signale le verso du titre blanc); # Adams R333 (éd. 1504); # Machiels R117 (id.). 2.000 Euros
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