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[AMMAN, Jost (1539-1591) illustrator]. SCHOPPER, Hartmann (1542-ca 1595). De omnibus illiberalibus sive Mechanicis artibus. Frankfurt: Georg Rabe (Corvinus) for Sigismund Carl Feyerabend, 1574.
8o (152 x 99 mm). Greek text on A7v-8r. Woodcut printer's device on title and on final recto. 132 woodcut illustrations by Jost Amman printed on rectos only. (Blank upper margin of title renewed.) Contemporary flexible vellum. Provenance: Duke of Arenberg's library at Nordkirchen (pencil note); acquired from David Segal, 1981.
Second edition in Latin, with the full series of fine WOODCUTS BY JOST AMMAN depicting the professions and trades: printer, clockmaker, goldsmith, tailer, barber, potter, et al. The Latin editions (1568 and 1574) contain additional woodcuts, 18 more than are found in the German editions of the same years. The apothecary cut has been replaced in the present edition. Adams S-703; Colas 112; Lipperheide Pa 5.
8o (152 x 99 mm). Greek text on A7v-8r. Woodcut printer's device on title and on final recto. 132 woodcut illustrations by Jost Amman printed on rectos only. (Blank upper margin of title renewed.) Contemporary flexible vellum. Provenance: Duke of Arenberg's library at Nordkirchen (pencil note); acquired from David Segal, 1981.
Second edition in Latin, with the full series of fine WOODCUTS BY JOST AMMAN depicting the professions and trades: printer, clockmaker, goldsmith, tailer, barber, potter, et al. The Latin editions (1568 and 1574) contain additional woodcuts, 18 more than are found in the German editions of the same years. The apothecary cut has been replaced in the present edition. Adams S-703; Colas 112; Lipperheide Pa 5.