Reisch (Gregorius) Aepitoma Omnis Phylosophiae Alias Margarita Phylosophica Tractans, collation: B-C⁶ D-E⁸ F²⁸ G⁸ H⁶ I⁸ K⁴ L-N⁸ O⁶ P-Q⁸ R⁶ S-V⁸ X⁶ Y-Z⁸, a⁸ b⁴ c⁶ d-e⁸ f⁶ g-h⁸ i⁴ k-l⁸ m⁶ n-p^8, Roman, Gothic, Hebrew and Greek types, large woodcut to title, numerous woodcut illustrations (some full-page), diagrams and music, 2 tables on 1 folding sheet between P^2&3, a few instances of early colouring in red, front pastedown and endpaper with early ink notes, lacking F²⁸ and P⁷, some staining and spotting, lightly browned, contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, remains of metal clasps, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, soiled, 4to (212 x 150mm.), [Strasbourg], [Johann Gruninger], [1504].

⁂ The rare second unauthorised edition of this splendidly illustrated compendium of the medieval trivium and quadrivium and moral and natural philosophy. It includes a Hebrew grammar by the German theologian and humanist Konrad Pellikan, as well as sections on music, astronomy, astrology, geological and geographical matters and mathematics, amongst others.

References: This edition not in Adams; Sabin 69123; European Americana 504/2.