Apr 24, 2006 - Sale 2076

Sale 2076 - Lot 256

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ISIDORUS HISPALENSIS. Etymologiae [with De summo bono]. Full-page woodcut tree of consanguinity on 2f5v; woodcut world map on 2i3r; woodcut historiated and decorative initials throughout. 99 (of 100) leaves; lacks title (replaced in facsimile). Rubricated. Folio, 303x207 mm, later 19th-century boards; occasional browning, scattered stains, institutional stamp on verso of facsimile title and last leaf, front free endpaper loose. Venice: Bonetus Locatellus, 11 December 1493
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Sixth edition of an early 7th-century attempt at an encyclopedia of human knowledge, originally published in 1472. "It served as a model for later encyclopedias and its influence on mediaeval thought was very great" (Sarton). The map of the world, in the form of a primitive diagram, was the first to appear in a printed book. BMC V, 442; Goff I186; Klebs 536.6; Sarton I, 471; Shirley 1 (original edition).