JEST BOOK Schertz mit der Warheyt 1563 VIVES Vier Bücher

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(JEST-BOOK.) Schertz mit der Warheyt. Kurtzweilige Gespräche, in Schimpff und Ernst Reden, Vil höflicher, weiser Sprüch, lieblicher Historien vnd Leren. Over 50 woodcut illustrations by Hans Schäufelein, Hans Burgkmair, Hans Weiditz, et al. 84, [3] (of [4]) leaves; lacks D4 and last (blank?) leaf. Folio, 294x194 mm, later binding of early manuscript vellum over boards, spine partly discolored; contents toned, marginal soiling and dampstaining, H1, K4, and O3 torn in margins and restored with varying text loss, scattered other marginal repairs generally not impairing legibility, minor worming in inner corners of endpapers. Frankfurt am Main: heirs of Christian Egenolff the Elder, 1563

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Second edition of a 1550 illustrated collection of nearly 300 humorous anecdotes based on Johannes Pauli's 1545 Schimpf und Ernst. VD16 S2761.
Bound with: Vives, Juan Luis. Vier schöne herrlicher und nützlicher Bücher von Einigkeit und Zwytracht, in dem menschlichen Geschlecht. [4], 61 [i. e,. 71], [2] leaves only; lacks C2.3 and last 19 leaves. Frankfurt am Main: (Peter Schmidt for Sigmund Feyerabend), 1578. First edition of a German translation by Georg Lauterbeck of De concordia & discordia in humano genere and De Pacificatione; the latter text is missing in this copy. VD16 1793; not in Palau, which cites only the 1534 and 1537 German versions.
And: Petrarca, Francesco. Hülff, Trost und Rath in allem Anligen der Menschen . . . Zwei Trostbücher, von Artznei und Rath beyde im guten und widerwertigen Glück. Over 250 text illustrations by Hans Weiditz. 7-222 leaves; lacks title, next 5 preliminaries, and first 6 numbered leaves. Contents browned, with scattered marginal repairs. Frankfurt am Main: heirs of Christian Egenolph, 1559. VD16 P1728.