Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum aut sedentariarum artium genera continens : quotquot vnquam vel à veteribus, aut nostri etiam seculi, celebritate excogitari potuerunt, breuiter & dilucidè confecta : carminum liber primus, tum mira varietate rerum vocabulorum[que], nouo more excogitatorum copia perquàm vtilis, lectúque periucundus : accesserunt etiam venustissimae imagines omnes omnium artificum negociationes ad viuum lectori representantes, antehac nec visae, nec vnquam aeditae / per Hartman. Schopperum, Nouoforens. Noricum.
Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum aut sedentariarum artium genera continens : quotquot vnquam vel à veteribus, aut nostri etiam seculi, celebritate excogitari potuerunt, breuiter & dilucidè confecta : carminum liber primus, tum mira varietate rerum vocabulorum[que], nouo more excogitatorum copia perquàm vtilis, lectúque periucundus : accesserunt etiam venustissimae imagines omnes omnium artificum negociationes ad viuum lectori representantes, antehac nec visae, nec vnquam aeditae / per Hartman. Schopperum, Nouoforens. Noricum.
Created/published
Francofurti ad Moenum : Apud Georgium Coruinum, impensis Sigismundi Feyerabent, MDLXVIII [1568]
Verses by Hartmann Schopper, accompanied by woodcuts by Jost Amman. Publisher statement from colophon. Publisher's dedication dated Jan. 1, 1568. Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁸ A-R⁸ S⁴. 1st word of title in Greek characters. "Cum priuilegio Caesareo"--title page Leaves [2-7], [123-129], [132-134], [140-148] printed on both sides. Illustrations: 132 prints from 124 blocks: woodcut, image 8 x 6 cm. From designs by Jost Amman (some with monogram IA); chiefly cut by the artist (cf. Becker, p. vii). "Chartarius. Der Papyrer", leaf [28], contains the earliest illustration of papermaking in Western literature. Cf. Hunter, D. Literature of papermaking, p. 13. Captions in Latin and German.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2001-2002. The Reader Revealed (catalog entry 7) Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1986-1987. Time, the greatest innovator (catalog p. 62)
Cited/described in
Hiler, H. Bibliography of costume, p. 24 Colas, R. Bibliographie générale du costume et de la mode, 111 Lipperheidesche Kostümbibliothek (2. Aufl.), Pa4 Hollstein, F.W.H. German engravings, etchings, and woodcuts, ca. 1400-1700., II, p. 47 Illustrated Bartsch, v. 20, pt. 2, p. 667-700 Praz, M. Studies in 17th cent. imagery (2nd ed), p. 493 Becker, C. Jobst Amman, 13b
