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BADE (Josse). Navis stultifera a domino Sebastiano Brant pri…
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BADE (Josse). Navis stultifera a domino Sebastiano Brant pri…
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BADE (Josse).
Navis stultifera a domino Sebastiano Brant primu(m) edificata : & lepidissimis teutonice lingue rithmis decorata : Deinde ab Jacobo Lochero philomuso latinitate donata : et demu(m) ab Jodoco Badio Ascensio vario carminu(m) genere nõ sine eorundem familiari explicatione illustrata.
Basel: Nikolaeus Lamparter, 15 March 1507. - In-4, 202 x 151 : Cvij ff., (1 f.). Stiff parchment, smooth spine, brass and leather clasps, speckled edges (17th century binding).
Second Basel edition of this reinterpretation by Josse Bade (c. 1461-1535) of the Nef des Fous by the Alsatian humanist Sébastien Brant (1457-1521).
It is one of the earliest and most famous literary satires on the failings of the Church and human vices. Bade divided Brant's original text into 113 verse sections, each accompanied by a prose explanation. The Latin translation was produced by Jakob Locher (1471-1528), who had already proposed the first Latin version of The Ship of Fools in 1497.
One of the most famous early illustrated books.
Early editions of this text were characterised by their abundant illustrations. This edition features 115 woodcuts, including one on the title, one on a full page, and the others on three-quarter pages, bordered by a decorative frieze. These illustrations come from the original German edition published in Basel in 1494, and more than half are attributed to the famous engraver Albrecht Dürer. The title is printed in red and black, and the printer's mark appears in the colophon.
A good copy in a 17th-century binding, from the library of the historian and secretary to the Bremen Council Johann Heinrich Eggeling (1639-1713). His name is inscribed in ink on the title, on a section restored during binding, with the words: "Ministerium Joh. Henr. Eggeling". Eggeling devoted part of his life to historical and numismatic studies, publishing several books, particularly on antiquity.
The work subsequently belonged to Helen Maitland Gibson, daughter of Sir Alexander Charles Maitland, Baronet of Clifton Hall, and wife of Jules Maitland Hog of Newliston (1799-1858), a Scottish barrister and landowner.
Soiling to binding, first cover hinge fragile. Restored tear to one corner of the title with ink transfer of the missing part of the engraving on the verso. Light staining throughout.
Provenance: Johann Heinrich Eggeling, with handwritten bookplate on the title. - Helen Maitland Gibson, with her armorial bookplate engraved by Benjamin Wion (1802-1858).
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