Officia M.T.C. : ein Büch, so Marcus Tullius Cicero der Römer, zü seynem Sune Marco, von den tugentsamen Ämptern vnd Zügehörungen, eynes wol vnd rechtlebenden Menschen / in Latein geschriben, welchs auff Begere, Herren Johansen von Schwartzenbergs [et]c. verteütschet, vnd volgens, durch jne, in zyerlicher Hochteütsch gebracht ; mit vil Figuren, vnnd teütschen Reymen, gemeynem Nutz zü güt, in Druck gegeben worden.
- Publication:
- Getruckt in der keyserlichen Statt Augspurg : Durch Heynrichen Steyner, 1531.
- Format/Description:
- Book
8 unnumbered leaves, XCI leaves, 1 unnumbered leaf : illustrations, portraits (woodcuts) ; 31 cm (folio) - Online:
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- Standardized Title:
- De officiis. German
- Other Title:
- Officia Marci Tullii Ciceronis
German proverbs : colored wood cuts : 16th century PU - Subjects:
- Ethics, Ancient.
- Notes:
- Penn Libraries copy consists of 65 woodcuts extracted from text: 62 illustrations, each hand-colored, mounted on a blank leaf and hinged to another blank leaf; 2 initials and 1 head-piece (or tail-piece?) excised and mounted on a single blank leaf. The whole is bound into an album (32 x 26 cm) in which each leaf is protected by a tissue.
The first of three editions published in the same year.
Translated by Johann Neuber and Johann von Schwarzenberg.
Place of imprint and printer from colophon; full colophon reads: Getruckt in der keyserlichen Statt Augsburg, durch Heynrichen Steyner, vollendet am XVI Tag Februarij, im MDXXXI Jar.
Woodcuts, including a portrait of Schwarzenberg after Dürer, attributed to Hans Weiditz.
Signatures: pi⁸ A-0⁶ P⁸(P8 blank). - Local notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward P. Mally, W'83 and Julia Lang Mally, W'83 Endowment for Rare Books and Manuscripts Collections.
Penn Libraries copy bound by William Matthews in half vellum over marbled boards; gold-stamped covers and spine; black leather label stamped in gold ("German Proverbs. Colored Wood Cuts. 16th Century.") on spine; "Bound by Matthews" stamped in gold on lower front turn-in; marbled endpapers.
Penn Libraries copy has leather bookplate of Robert Hoe affixed to front pastedown; 1 tissue wanting. - Penn Provenance:
- Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909 (bookplate)
- Penn Chronology:
- 1531
- Cited in:
- Murray, C.F. German books, 118
- Contributor:
- Neuber, Johann.
Schwarzenberg, Johann von, 1463-1528.
Weiditz, Hans, approximately 1495-approximately 1536.
Stayner, Heinrich, -1548.
Matthews, William, 1822-1896, binder.
Edward P. Mally, W'83 and Julia Lang Mally, W'83 Endowment for Rare Books and Manuscripts Collections.
Rosengarten Family Fund. - OCLC:
- 84298577
- Web link:
- The Edward P. Mally, W'83 and Julia Lang Mally, W'83 Endowment for Rare Books and Manuscripts Collections Home Page
The Rosengarten Family Fund Home Page