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GREGOR REISCH, d. 1525

Aepitoma omnis phylosophiae, alias, Margarita phylosophica

[Strasbourg]: Per Ioanne[m] Gruninger Ciue[m] Arge[n]tinu[m] , 1504

Plimpton 080.7 1504 R27

The Margarita philosophica, as described by Mr. Plimpton in his Education of Shakespeare, “was the first modern encyclopedia of any note, based on the late Latin models… [It] consists of twelve books, and contains a compendium of the Trivium, the Quadrivium, and the natural and moral sciences. Its popularity is shown by its having been published in sixteen editions in the course of a century.” This is the second edition. Shown here is the allegorical woodcut depicting Rhetoric.

Gift of George Arthur Plimpton

GREGOR REISCH, d. 1525

Margarita philosophica

Basel: [Michael Furter, et John Scot], 1508

Plimpton 080.7 1508 R27

Gift of George Arthur Plimpton

 

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