New vollkom[m]en Distillierbuch wolgegründter künstlicher Distillation: sampt Underweisung und Bericht, künstlich abzuziehen oder separiern, die fürnembste distillierte Wasser, köstliche Aquas vite, Quintam Essentiam, Sirupen, heylsame Öl, Balsam und dergleichen vil guter Abzüge (so zu vilfaltigen Kranckheiten, Fehl und Gebrechen menschliches Cörpers, fast nützlich gebraucht werden mögen) ... auch mit bequemerm Zeug der Gefesz und Instrument, deszgantzen Distillierzeugs
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BINDING:
Rebound in modern binding. Textblock has been trimmed. Leather over boards (possibly wood). Blind tooled fillets and stamps in each corner on front and back cover. Headband and tailband present. Flatbacked. Sewn onto cords. Spine has five bands (possibly false; they look artificially) creating six compartments. Gold stamped text in compartment two reads: DISTILLIER │ BUCH │ - │ BRAUNSCHWEIG. Gold stamped text in compartment 6 reads: FRANKFURT │ EGENOLPH │ 1597. The other four compartments have the same stamp as on the covers. The verso of the flyleaf names the binder as Bayntun (illegible) Bath, England. As of 2016, the Bayntun Bindery was still operating.
CONDITION:
Binding -- still relatively new and well done.
Pages -- a few pages have browned and the colophon is slightly tattered. The book is missing large sections however.
Generally fair condition.
DEDICATIONS:
Preface to the Common Reader (π2v)
FORMAT:
2°: π6 A-2N6 [$4 signed]. Missing due to mutilation: gathers A-D6, 2F-2H6; leaves E1,E2, E3, 2E5, 2I1, 2I2, 2I3. Collation reflecting condition: 2°: π6 E6(-E1,-E2, -E3) F-2D6 2E6(-2E5) 2I6(-2I1, -2I2, -2I3) 2K-2N6 [$4 signed]. 173 leaves, ff. [6], 28-166 168 191-217 [=167 ff.] (misprinting 101 as '103', 114 as '107'). Boards measure: 27.4 x 18.5 cm. Leaves measure: 26.5 x 17.5 cm.
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Woodcuts depicting plants, animals and machinery, some woodcut decorated initials, large oval printer's device (woodcut) on colophon depicting a heart in a bonfire which sits upon a pedestal outdoors.
Printed Marginalia: Moderate reference notes.
Handwritten Notes: There is a series of underlines of K2b. On N1a there is some marginalia on the section labled Polen wasser. No other notes.
There are two bookplates on the inner pastedown. The topmost is a CRRS bookplate noting the donation of the book by David Hoeniger. The second is an armorial bookplate with the motto: in deo fides lux in tenebris (faith in god is light in darkness) and bears the name Thomas Hare. There is also a price, 150, written in graphite on the pastedown. On the recto of the flyleaf there is an inscription that appears to have been written by D. Hoeniger. It reads: “Ex B. M. Library. F. D. Hoeniger from” (illegible. Looks like Renno) “Hazberger R68 150. RuH. Distillierbuch Brauaschweg 2 sections missing. illustrated Contains Ander Theil complete Dritt Theil lacks 169-190 Letzt Theil complete but not Erolu Theil 1-27.” An inscription in a hand other than Hoeniger's on the verso of the flyleaf reads: “lacks ff. 1-27; 169-190.” On π1r there are two stamps. The first reads: “MVSEVM BRITAN NICVM”. The second reads: “BRITISH MUSEUM SALE DUPLICATE 1787”.There is also the call number RS 81.B8 1597 CRRS RARE written on π1r. An inscription on the title page reads: “Doip. Impenfs 2:398”. The number 414 is written in the bottom of the title page.
RELATED:
This appears to be a new edition of a text printed by Egenolffs in 1545 entitled Das new groß Distillier-Buch, wolgegründter künstlicher Distillation. These editions share the same woodcuts.
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[Bold denotes blackletter] New Vollkom[m]en │ [decorated initial "D" 57 x 57 mm. printed in red] │ [type-orn: foliage 31 x 80 mm. printed in red.] │ iſtillier- │ buch Wolgegründter │ künſtlicher Diſtillation/ Sampt │ vndermeiſung vnd bericht/ künſtlich abzuziehen ober Ser │ pariern/ die fürnembſte Diſtillierte waſſer/Köſtliche Aquas vitę, Quin-│ tam eſſentiam, Sirupen/ heylſame öl/ Balſam vnd dergleichen vil guter Abzüge (ſo │ zu vilfaltigen franckheiten/ fehl vnd gebrechen Menſchliches Cörpers/ faſt nüẞlich ger │ braucht werden mögen) Recht künſtlich vnd vil auff bequemere art dann biẞher/ Auch │ mit bequemerm Zeug der Gefeẞ vnd Inſtrument/ deẞ ganẞen Diſtillierzeugs/ │ Von Kreutern/ Blumen/ Wurẞeln/ Früchten/ Gethier/ vnd anderen │ ſtucken/ darinn natürliche feuchte vnd Elementiſche krafft/ │ Einfach oder mancherley gestalt vermiſcht │ vnd Componiert/ │Erſtlich durch │ Den Fürtreffichen vnd der Arẞney hoch erfarnen H. │ Hieronymum Braunſchweigk/ in Truck gegeben: Hernach durch │ den auch weitberümbten H. Gvaltherum Ryff, beſtelten Medi-│ cum & Chirurgum, der löblichen Reich- │ ſtatt Straẞburg. │ Teẞt aber vber beyder obgemelter Authorn Edition, durch einen │ diſer Künſten liebhaber/ fleiſſig erſehen/ Corrigiert/ mit vilen Figuren │ der Kreuter vnd Wurẞeln gemehret/ Wie auch mit nüẞlichen Concordanẞen/ │ vnd ordentlichen vollkom̄en Regiſtern gebeſſert.│ Allen vnd jeden/ Apoteckern/ Wundärẞten/ vnd andern/ ſodergleichen Waſſer/ │ vnd del/rc. auẞzubrennen/ vnd zu diſtilliern vnderſtehen/ fehr nüẞlich vnd notwendig/ │ Sonderlich aber darauẞ zuwiſſen/ zu welcher zeit ſie die Kreuter vnd Wur-│ ẞeln/ als daẞ ſie am krefftigſten vnd zu Diſtilliern geſchickt │ ſeyn einſamlen ſollen. │ Getruckt zu Franckfurt am Mayn/ bey Chriſtian │ Egenolffs Erben/ M. D. XCVII.
TABLES/INDEXES:
Register (π2r)
Contents (π6r)
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Blackletter.
WATERMARK:
A set of scales.
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