Cleri totius Romanæ Ecclesiæ subiecti, seu, pontificiorvm ordinvm omnivm omnino vtrivsqve sexvs, habitvs, artificiosissimis figuris / quibus Francisci Modii singula octosticha adiecta sunt, nunc primùm à Ivdoco Ammanno expressi: neqve vnquam antehac similiter editi. Addito libello singvlari eivsdem Francisci Modij Brug. in quo cuiusque ordinis ecclesiastici origo, progressus et vestitus ratio breuiter ex variis historicis delineatur.

  • Amman, Jost, 1539-1591.
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Francoforti : M. Lechler for Sigismundi Feyrabendij, 1585.

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112 pages, 114 unnumbered leaves : 103 woodcuts ; (4to)

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Colophon: Francoforti ad Moenvm, ex officina Martini Lechleri, impensis Sigismvndi Feyrabendij. M.D.LXXXV
Signatures: A⁶, B-Z⁴, a-e⁴ (last verso blank) Each leaf of signatures O-Z is printed on recto only
Title vignette (woodcut; repeated on leaf A4 verso, with caption: Romanus Papa seu Pontifex max.)
Dedication (sig. Aij-A4 recto): Nobili et svmmae spei adolescenti, Ioanni Christophoro Nevstettero, cognomento Stvrmero ... Franciscvs Modivs ... Francoforti ad Mœnvm: a. d. xiv Kal. viibres calculo Gregoriano anni M.D.XXCV
The prose treatise by François Modius (sig. [b1]-e4]) has special t.-p. with woodcut device of Sigmund Feyerabend designed by Jost Amman, repeated on leaves [a4] and [e4] (Heitz 68)
In this edition 17 discrepancies of text and illustrations appear; in the German edition, published the same year by Feyerabend, text (by Lonicer) and illustrations agree, with two exceptions. Cf. Petzholdt's Neuer anzeiger für bibliographie, jhrg. 1880, p. 266-267
Copy 1 Note: Sigs. A iii-iv wanting.

References note

Murray, C.F. German books 33
Lipperheidesche Kostümbibliothek (2. Aufl.) 1853
Colas, R. Costume 120
Becker, C. Jobst Amman 40b

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