Ars bene moriendi / notice par Benjamin Pifteau ; reproduction photographique de l'édition xylographique du XVe siècle.
- Date:
- [1900?]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Ars bene moriendi / notice par Benjamin Pifteau ; reproduction photographique de l'édition xylographique du XVe siècle. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![“ Ars. Begin. [fol. i verso F\ Ars moriendi Quamuis secundum philosophû Tercio ethicorum, etc. End. [fol. 24 recto .•] sepe miserabiliter piclitantûr. G.L. \Colognef 1450?] fol. Note.—A block-book, consisting of 12 separate sheets of 2 leaves each, printed on the inner side only, so that the recto of fol. i, 3, 5, etc., and the verso of fol. 2, 4, 6, etc., are left blank, and fol. 2 and 3, 4 and 5, etc., could be pasted together to form respectively a single leaf. The impression was taken in pale brown ink by rubbing. There are eleven illustrations, each occupying a whole page, on the verso of fol* 3> 5» 7> 6tc. ; the explanatory letterpress being given on the recto of fol. 4, 6, 8, etc. Fol. i verso and 2 recto contain the introduction, in 30 and 29 lines respectively. Every leaf is surrounded by a border of 3 lines, of which the top and right sides are shaded on fol. 1-13, 15, 17, 19-23, the bottom and left on fol. 14, 16, 18, and the top and left on fol. 24. Without title-page or pagination. Fol. 13 verso has in the corner the sign \, which is the only signature occurring in the book. On fol. 14, 16, 18, 24 (text), the letter u is always written û. This édition is believed by Weigel and others to be the first édition of this often-repeated work, by reason of the beauty and originality of the designs, and the sharpness of outline, which proves the impression to be an early one.” ' It is a reproduction of this work, executed in fac-similé with the pen, by Mr. F. C. Price, and transferred to the stones, from which it has been printed, that is now offered to the members of the Holbein Society. As a specimen of fac-similé art it is a perfect marvel, and shows at once the superiority of this kind of](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24879745_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
