Spiegel der waren Rhetoric vss M. Tulio C. vnd andern getütscht : mit irn Glidern clüger Reden Sandbriefen, vnd Formen menicher Contract, seltzam regulierts tütschs vnd nutzbar exempliert, mit Fügen vff göttlich vnd keiserlich Schrifft vnd Rechte gegründt, nuwlich (vnd vormaln in Gemein nÿe gesehen) ÿetz loblich vssgangen.
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Spiegel der waren Rhetoric vss M. Tulio C. vnd andern getütscht : mit irn Glidern clüger Reden Sandbriefen, vnd Formen menicher Contract, seltzam regulierts tütschs vnd nutzbar exempliert, mit Fügen vff göttlich vnd keiserlich Schrifft vnd Rechte gegründt, nuwlich (vnd vormaln in Gemein nÿe gesehen) ÿetz loblich vssgangen.
Uniform title
Spiegel der wahren Rhetorik
Created/published
[Freiburg im Breisgau] : Durch Fridrichen Riedrer versamelt, gedruckt, vnd volendet, [11 Dec. 1493]
Description
CLXXX, [8] leaves : ill. (woodcuts) ; 31 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Riederer, Friedrich, author.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Colt, Harris Dunscombe, 1901-1973, former owner.
Colt, Armida Maria-Theresa, former owner.
Riederer, Friedrich, printer.
Herzogliche Öffentliche Bibliothek (Meiningen, Germany), former owner.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Colt, Harris Dunscombe, 1901-1973, former owner.
Colt, Armida Maria-Theresa, former owner.
Riederer, Friedrich, printer.
Herzogliche Öffentliche Bibliothek (Meiningen, Germany), former owner.
Note
Imprint from colophon, which gives date as: An Mittwoch vor Sant Lucien Tag nach desselben vnsers lieben Herren Gottes Ihesu Cristi Geburt vierzehenhundert nüntzig vnd drü Iar gezalt.
Signatures: a⁸ b-s⁶, ²s⁶ t⁶ v⁶ u⁶ w⁶ x-z⁶ A-B⁶ C¹⁰ D⁸.
Signatures: a⁸ b-s⁶, ²s⁶ t⁶ v⁶ u⁶ w⁶ x-z⁶ A-B⁶ C¹⁰ D⁸.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992. Fine and Historic Bookbindings (catalog entry 9:1)
Cited/described in
Hain 13914
BM 15th cent., III, p. 696 (IB.14213)
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, R-197
BM 15th cent., III, p. 696 (IB.14213)
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, R-197
Place of creation/publication
Germany -- Freiburg im Breisgau.
Item Details
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INC R191
Folger-specific note
Folger copy: bookstamp "Herzzoglicher S. Meiningischer Bibliothek" on verso of title page; bookplates of Mr. and Mrs. Dunscombe Colt; gift of Mrs. Colt (January 6, 1988). In a contemporary quarter pigskin binding on wooden boards, blind tooled with pomegranate and "Rautengerank" stamps; remains of 2 clasps catching on front cover; printed leaf of a calendar (in red and black) used as pastedown; manuscript fragments used as spine reinforcement; inscription on lower edge, reading from spine to fore-edge "Speculũ rethorice. D."; evidence of a vellum label on front cover; number "205" handwritten on spine; several paper labels of different colors on spine, reading from head to tail: "Inc. 63", "Inc. 13", "INC 53", and "LXXIII".