MYLAEUS, Christophorus De scribenda universitatis rerum historia libri quinque. March 1551Basel,J. Oporinus,[8]-317-[3] pp. [bound with] LYCOSTHENES, Conradus – Apophthegmatum sive responsorum memorabilium (...) collectorum, loci communes, ad...
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ordinem alphabeti redacti (...) ed. Philipp Bech. Ibidem, August 1555, [14] ff., 988 cols, [1 blank] f., 2 works in 1 vol., folio, cont. blindst. pigskin over wood (rubbed, clasps gone), bevelled edges, spine on 4 raised bands, metal catches (paper age-toned, dampstaining in I, extensive dampstaining (partly mouldy) in II, tear in prel. f. 2 of II, hole in F1 of II with loss of some letters).
Old acquisition and ownership entries on titles; some schoolboy’s notes; cont. notes, i.a. a prayer, on endpapers and flylvs. 1. Important major work by one of the 1st authors of cultural history. Mylaeus (Milieu?) was the 1st to use the term "historia literaturae" and to have a critical conception of this genre. Woodcut mark on title and at the end. Ref. VD-16 M-7363. Adams M-2100. STC German (BL) 639. 2. Extensive collection of commonplaces and anecdotes by the Alsatian humanist Wolffhart (1518-1561). Woodcut mark on title. Large woodcut arms of dedicatee on verso of title. Ref. VD-16 W-4313. Adams W-246. Not in STC German.
Old acquisition and ownership entries on titles; some schoolboy’s notes; cont. notes, i.a. a prayer, on endpapers and flylvs. 1. Important major work by one of the 1st authors of cultural history. Mylaeus (Milieu?) was the 1st to use the term "historia literaturae" and to have a critical conception of this genre. Woodcut mark on title and at the end. Ref. VD-16 M-7363. Adams M-2100. STC German (BL) 639. 2. Extensive collection of commonplaces and anecdotes by the Alsatian humanist Wolffhart (1518-1561). Woodcut mark on title. Large woodcut arms of dedicatee on verso of title. Ref. VD-16 W-4313. Adams W-246. Not in STC German.
