拍品 174
  • 174

FEME, EYN GUT NEW RECHEN BUCHLEIN, ERFURT, 1521

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5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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描述

  • Eyn gut new rechen buchlein ist erdacht und ist nach der schlechten zal gemacht als bye geschriben steth als man hundert nach eynander zelt. Erfurt: Matthes Maler, (1521)
8vo (146 x 105mm.), woodcut vignette on title showing the operation of a table abacus, nineteenth-century half calf over marbled boards

來源

Baron Horace de Landau (1824-1903), engraved bookplate on front pastedown stamped 2895 (Francesco Roediger, Catalogue des livres manuscrits et imprimés composant la bibliothèque de M. Horace de Landau, Florence, 1885, p.399); Nicolas Rauch, Lausanne, Catalogue 3 (1949), item 293 (entry pasted to front endpaper); Robert B. Honeyman (1897-1987), his label on upper cover (“Not in Smith”) and shelfmark on endpaper (Ka-8), sale in these rooms, 12 May 1980, lot 1844, Dr Paul C. Martin; Hartung & Hartung, Auktion 113, 9 May 2006, lot 368, €9,000, Erwin Tomash

出版

Not in Tomash & Williams; Hoock & Jeannin F4.1; USTC 656043 (no copy located); VD16 F711; Stefan Deschauer, ""Eyn gut new rechen buchlein" von Conrad Feme(n)", Rechenbücher und mathematische Texte der frühen Neuzeit, ed. Rainer Gebhardt (Annaberg-Buchholz, 1999), pp.115-120 (illustration from this copy); S. Deschauer, "Zum text von Conrad Feme(n) im wieder aufgefundenen Sammelband", Zur Wirkungsgeschichte der Brotordnung von Adam Ries (Annaberg-Buchholz, 2006), pp.269-278

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

拍品資料及來源

FIRST EDITION, one of two known copies. The book is written in rhyme throughout, with the identity of the author disclosed only at the end: “Gedicht un volbracht durch Conradum Femen gemacht, Er geht zu Roda auß und Eyn, und lernt yeder man das seyn”. Deschauer (see below) describes this copy and cites another in the university library of Wrocław (Mathem. II. Oct. 63), on the authority of Martin von Hase, who had cited it in his article “Die in Erfurt Mathes Maler und Melchior Sachle gedruckten Ausgaben der Rechenbücher von Adam Riese”, Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1937, p.121, and again in his Bibliographie der Erfurter Drucke von 1501-1550 (Nieuwkoop 1968), no. 424. It is not certain that the Wrocłow copy survived the Second World War. Von Hase wrongly cited a copy in the stock of Gilhofer & Ranschburg (Catalogue 190, item 124; Catalogue 193, item 1053); that volume, bound in red morocco with gilt dentelles, lacking the terminal blank leaf, is a copy of the 1523 second edition (ex-Hodgson’s, 27 June 1924, lot 406).