Accession number
PML 23197
Creator
Wyss, Urban, d. 1561.
Published
[Zürich] : Imp[re]ssv[m] Tigvri p[er] Vrb. Wys., anno 1549.
Credit line
Purchased, 1925.
Notes
Imprint from colophon.
Signatures: A-O⁴ P² = 58 ff.
Oblong octavo.
First ed. of this Swiss writing book.
Woodcut title and samples, letterpress dedication and instructions. Includes two illustrations, one of a teacher with students and another of a writing master at his desk.
Each page contains text surrounded with woodcut borders.
Woodcut title printed in red and black.
Library's copy incomplete, leaves L3 and O2 wanting.
Signatures: A-O⁴ P² = 58 ff.
Oblong octavo.
First ed. of this Swiss writing book.
Woodcut title and samples, letterpress dedication and instructions. Includes two illustrations, one of a teacher with students and another of a writing master at his desk.
Each page contains text surrounded with woodcut borders.
Woodcut title printed in red and black.
Library's copy incomplete, leaves L3 and O2 wanting.
Description
[116] p. : ill. ; 15 x 24 cm (oblong 8vo)
Provenance
Name in ink on leaf C1 verso: Richardus DeBonnaire. Coenomanus; undecipherable name on fly leaf dated 1816.
Binding
Brown marbled calf.
Classification
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Department