Sebastian Brant 1458-1521
Jacob Locher 1471-1528

A2 Incun. 1497 B

116 [i.e. 112] l. woodcuts: illus. 22 cm. (4to).

Johann Reinhard Grüninger

Strassburg

1497-06-01

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Narrenschiff. Latin. 1497

Incunabula

Leaf 1a (t.p.): Stultifera nauis ... per Sebastianum. Bra[n]t: vernaculo vulgariq[ue] sermo[n]e & rythmo ... nup[er] fabricata: atq[ue] ia[m]pridem per Iacobu[m] Locher cognome[n]to Philomusum ... in Latinu[m] traducta eloquiu[m]: & per Sebastianu[m] Brant: denuo seduloq[ue] reuisa ...
A reprint of the first Latin edition printed by J. Bergmann in Basel, Mar. 1, 1497.
Includes introductory and laudatory verses and additions by Brant and Locher.
Imprint from colophon.
Wesleyan copy has several pages bound in at front, on one of which has been pasted an engraving of a musk-deer. Tipped in before the title page is a leaf on which has been handwritten: Navis Philosophica, quae sine Velis Vera Fidei submersa est in portu stultitia 1795. Nomina Vectorum, qui fuerunt in navi.
This is followed by a list of names of participants in the French Revolution who are assigned roles portrayed in the various woodcuts. For the most part the woodcuts have been colored by hand. Capital strokes supplied in red. Marginalia in ink, some of which have been partially erased. From the library of James Cooke Van Benschoten. Bound in half leather over paper boards.

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