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Specvlvm vitæ aulicæ : de admirabili fallacia et astvtia vvlpecvlæ Reinikes libri quatuor / nunc primum ex idiomate germanico latinitate donati, adiectis elegantissimis iconibus, veras omnium apologorum animaliumq́[ue] species ad viuum adumbrantibus ; auctore Hartmanno Schoppero, Nouoforense Norico ; cum gratia & priuilegio ad decennium.

Accession number
PML 127856
Published
Francof. ad Moen : Ex officina typographica Nicolai Bassæi, 1584.
Notes
Printer's name from colophon, which reads: Francofvrti : Ex officina typographica Nicolai Bassæi, MDLXXXIIII.
Signatures: A-X12 (last leaf blank).
Title vignette (N. Basse's device. Heitz 124); woodcuts by Jost Amman and Virgil Solis.
Translation in Latin verse, based on the anonymous High German adaptation (Frankfurt, 1544) of the Low German poem (1st published Lübeck, 1498). In his dedication, Schopper ascribes the High German version to Beuther.
Original edition, Frankfurt, 1567, has title: Opus poeticum. De admirabili fallacia et astvtia vvlpecvlæ Reinikes libros quatuor .. complectens.
Includes index.
Description
[xx], 465, [17] p. : ill. ; 14 cm (16mo)
Provenance
D. A., Abraham Reucher (?, on t.p.); Pet. Rise (on t.p.).
Binding
Contemporary German limp vellum, stamped in a corner-and-panel design, with initials of first owner and the date D A [15]91.
Classification
Department