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REISCH, Gregor (d.1525). Margarita philosophica nova. Strassburg: Johann Grüninger, 1508.
4o (211 x 145 mm). Large woodcut illustration on title, numerous full-page woodcuts, woodcuts and diagrams in text, one folding world map (torn and repaired) and one folding diagram. (Some browing and staining.) 19th-century morocco (rubbing to edges, upper hinge cracked). Provenance: G. Morley (signature, dated 1854 on title); J.W. Rimington (signature).
Güninger's second pirated but enlarged edition with a large woodcut world map (Shirley 22, Reisch 2) presumably indicating the discoveries of Columbus on the maps as follows: "Hic non terra sed mare est; in quo mire magnitudinis insule sed Ptolemeo fuerunt incognitus." Reisch's popular handbook of moral and natural philosophy covers Grammar (Greek, Latin and Hebrew), Logic, Arithmetic, Music, Geometry, Perspective, Astronomy and many other subjects. The first printing by Schott appeared at Freiburg, 1503. Adams R-334.
4o (211 x 145 mm). Large woodcut illustration on title, numerous full-page woodcuts, woodcuts and diagrams in text, one folding world map (torn and repaired) and one folding diagram. (Some browing and staining.) 19th-century morocco (rubbing to edges, upper hinge cracked). Provenance: G. Morley (signature, dated 1854 on title); J.W. Rimington (signature).
Güninger's second pirated but enlarged edition with a large woodcut world map (Shirley 22, Reisch 2) presumably indicating the discoveries of Columbus on the maps as follows: "Hic non terra sed mare est; in quo mire magnitudinis insule sed Ptolemeo fuerunt incognitus." Reisch's popular handbook of moral and natural philosophy covers Grammar (Greek, Latin and Hebrew), Logic, Arithmetic, Music, Geometry, Perspective, Astronomy and many other subjects. The first printing by Schott appeared at Freiburg, 1503. Adams R-334.