Stultifera nauis mortalium : in qua fatui affectus, mores conatus atque studia, quibus uita haec nostra, in omni hominum genere, scatet, cunctis sapientiae cultoribus depinguntur, & uelut in speculo ob oculos ponuntur : liber salutaribus doctrinis & admonitionibus plenus / olim à clariss. uiro D. Sebastiano Brant iurisconsulto, Germanicis rhythmis conscriptus, & per Iacobum Locher Sueuum Latinitati donatus.

Accession number

PML 126104

Creator

Brant, Sebastian, 1458-1521.

Published

Basileae : Ex officina Sebastiani Henricpetri, anno recuperatae Salutis humanae MDLXXII. [1572] mense Martio.

Credit line

Bequest of E. Clark Stillman; 1995.

Notes

Translation of: Das Narrenschiff, 1st published, Basel, 1494. Latin translation 1st published, Basel, 1497.
Printer and date of publication from colophon.
"Cum gratia & priuilegio Caes. Maiest."
Woodcuts by Tobias Stimmer.
Signatures: α⁸ β⁸; a-s⁸. Leaves β7-8 blank.
American reference, p. 132.
Includes index.

Description

[32], 284, [2] p. (the last p. blank) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 16 cm. (8vo)

Provenance

Collection of E. Clark Stillman.

Binding

Vellum, yapp edges, marbled endpapers.

Classification

Book

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