Brant, Sebastian, 1458-1521, Stultifera nauis, 1509 (14 Dec.)]
- Title:
- Stultifera nauis.
- Alternate Title(s):
- Stultifera navis
Shyp of folys of the worlde
This present boke named The shyp of folys of the worlde
Narrenschiff. Latin & English - Published/Created:
- [London : Printed by Richard Pynson, 1509 (14 Dec.)]
- Physical Description:
- [4], CCLXXIIII [i.e. CCLXXIX] leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. (fol.)
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsPT1509 N4 1509+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionAccessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: As a COVID-19 precaution, the Study Room is closed until further notice.Rare Books and ManuscriptsPT1509 N4 1509+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionAccessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: As a COVID-19 precaution, the Study Room is closed until further notice. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Information
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/739279
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- In verse. Text in Latin and English.
Caption title, a1r. The first leaf recto bears a woodcut coat of arms; at foot of verso: This present boke named the Shyp of folys of the worlde was translated i[n] the College of saynt mary Otery in the counte of Deuonshyre: out of Laten, Frenche, and Doche into Englysshe tonge by Alexander Barclay preste: and at that tyme chaplen in the sayde College. tra[n]slated the yere of our Lorde god. M.CCCCC.viii. Inprentyd in the cyte of London in Fletestre [sic] at the signe of Saynt George by Rycharde Pynson to hys coste and charge: ended the yere of our Sauiour M.d.ix. the. xiiii. day of December.
By Sebastian Brant, whose name appears on a1r.
Originally published under title: Das Narrenschiff, Basel, 1494. Latin translation first pub. Basel, 1497, by Jacob Locher.
English text in Gothic, or black letter, type, and Latin text in roman--the first roman font to be used in England.
Illustrations are copies from the woodcuts in the original Basel edition, many of which were by Albrecht Dürer.
Signatures: [Maltese cross]⁴ a⁸ b-z⁶ & ⁶ A-Y⁶.
Numerous errors in foliation.
Selected exhibitions: "Paul Mellon's Legacy: A Passion for British Art" (Yale Center for British Art, 18 April-29 July, 2007); "Fifty-five Books Printed before 1525: Representing the Works of England's First Printers, an Exhibition from the Collection of Paul Mellon" (Grolier Club, 17 January-3 March 1968).
STC (2nd ed.) 3545
ESTC, S106627
Grolier Club. Fifty-five books printed before 1525, 46, 47
Hodnett, E. English woodcuts 1480-1535, 1824-1932
Paul Mellon's legacy, p. 309
BAC: British Art Center has 2 copies. Both copies are the ones described in the Grolier Club catalogue. Copy 1 has the first leaf with Pynson's coat of arms and the final leaf bearing his device in collotype facsimile. Signature q is in a setting uniform with rest of book. This copy has the bookplates of William Proby, Earl of Carysfort, and William Marchbank. Bound by C. Lewis.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is a variant copy. Signature q has seven leaves, the first four signed q, qii, qiii, qiiii. Excised leaf (a blank) is q5. Leaves q1 and q8 (congugate) are in a setting that differs from rest of book: commas are used instead of slashes; roman type employs 'u' for 'v' in the lower case; 'et' for '&'. Line 1 of leaf q1v begins 'Wheder that' instead of 'Wherther [sic] that' as in copy 1, the original. This copy belonged to William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire. Bound by C. Hering, with his ticket. See Grolier Club catalogue for other details. - Exhibition History:
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- Subject Terms:
- Carysfort, William Proby, Earl of, 1836-1909 -- Bookplate. (BACRB copy 1)Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1808-1891 -- Bookplate. (BACRB copy 2)Folly -- Early works to 1800.Hering, C. -- Bookbinder. (BACRB copy 2)Lewis, C. -- Bookbinder. (BACRB copy 1)Marchbank, William -- Bookplate. (BACRB copy 1)Pynson, Richard -- Printer.Woodcut -- Specimens -- 1509.
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