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Rabanus Maurus

de Laudib[us] sancte Crucis opus. erudicione versu prosaqu[e] mirificium

Thomas Anshelm, 1503

17800.00 €

Hermes Rare Books Studio Bibliografico

(Geneve, Switzerland)

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Year of publication
1503
Place of printing
Pforzheim
Author
Rabanus Maurus
Publishers
Thomas Anshelm
Size
folio
Curator
Keyword
First and only early edition of the calligrams by Fulda's Abbot, and future bishop Rabanus Maurus.  Masterpiece of Thomas, Anshelm's printing press in Pforzheim it has an extraordinary, typographic impact with woodcuts and figures printed in red and, black. Bibliography: D16 H 5271 Adams R 3º Fairfax Murray, (German) 350.
Prefacer
Translator
Illustrator
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Very Good
Languages
Italian
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
Print on demand
No
Condition
Used
First edition
Yes

Description

In-folio (28,8 x 20,5 cm.); 10 cc.nn., 59 cc., 1 bl., 14 cc.nn, 1 bl.; with two woodcuts  (15,8 x 12,9 cm) and 30 full-page calligrams in red and black, poems arranged in such a way that it forms a thematically related image. Bound in XVIII century half-leather.