I.
| Record ID | cp012789 |
| Voet reference number | 1243 |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | |
| Author | Cornelius GEMMA (JEMME) |
| Title page transcription | DE NATVRÆ ‖ DIVINIS CHARA- ‖ CTERISMIS; ‖ SEV ‖ Raris & admirandis spectaculis, causis, indi- ‖ ciis, proprietatibus rerum in partibus sin- ‖ gulis vniuersi, Libri II. ‖ AVCTORE ‖ D. CORN. GEMMA, Louaniensi, Regio ‖ Medicinæ professore. ‖ Peculiarem partis vtriusque materiem vel argumentum ‖ sequens pagina planius explicabit. ‖ ⊕ 20 ‖ ANTVERPIÆ, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini, ‖ Architypographi Regij. ‖ M.D.LXXV. |
| Collation | 8º [128]: A-P⁸; pages 1-229, [230-240] |
| Fingerprint | 1# 157508 - # b1 A2 imu$ : # b2 P5 ste^2# 157508 - # b1 a2 $edoc : # b2 s5 ter$ - # c1 A p : # c2 B5 diui |
| Number of sheets | 35 |
| Pages | [1]: Title [2]: Operis argumenta (italic type) 3-14: Illustriss. principi summi Ordinis Aurei Velleris equiti, Dn. Philippo Croio, Arscoti duci…Corn. Gemma S.D. (Louvain, 7 August 1574; parts in greek type and italic type) 15-16: Operis dedicatio quae et argumentum paucis in se complectitur, ex Psalmo Davidico 8. Victori ad Githith (italic type, parts and marginal in roman type) 17: Ad Cornelium Gemmam, Benedicti Ariae Montani epigramma (italic type) 18: In M. Cornelium Gemmam…Petri Bacherii…carmen (italic type) 19: In eundem eiusdem (italic type) 20: In Momum et Zoilum eiusdem (italic type, marginal in roman type) 21-22: Table 23-226: Text (italic type, marginals in roman type) 227-229: Paraphrasis Deo opt. max. (italic type, parts in roman type) [230-237]: Pio lectori (parts in italic type, words in greek type, marginals in roman type) [237]: approbation (2 April 1574, signed by I. Molanus) [238-239]: D. Cornelio Gemmae…Iacobus Carpentarius S. (Rome, 9 July 1570; italic type) [240]: Blank |
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| Copies | UL Liège- R3849AKU Leuven- Special Collections, R4A7703UNamur- R4Z.0177 |
| Bibliographical references | Cockx-Indestege, E. Belgica typographica 1249 |
| Online bibliographical references | STCV c:stcv:12922174USTC 401650 |
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II.
| Title page transcription | CORNELII GEMMÆ ‖ LOVANIENSIS REGII ‖ MEDICINÆ PROFESSORIS ‖ DE NATVRÆ DIVINIS ‖ CHARACTERISMIS; ‖ SEV ‖ Raris, & admirandis spectaculis in Vniuerso, ‖ TOMVS SECVNDVS, ‖ quem ‖ IANVM TRIFRONTEM placuit appellari. ‖ ⊕ 20 ‖ ANTVERPIÆ, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini, ‖ Architypographi Regij. ‖ M.D.LXXV. |
| Collation | 8º [128]: a-s⁸, A-B⁸; pages 1-284, [285-320] |
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| Pages | [1]: Title [2]: illustration and six lines Latin poem 3-259: Text (italic type, parts and marginals in roman type, parts in greek type) 260: Latin poem how to protect against the plague (italic type, parts in roman type) 261-274: Oratio purgatoria ad lectorem (marginals, parts in italic type and greek type) 275-278: Corn. Gemmae in apparitionem Phosphori novi mystica…(italic type, part and marginals in roman type) 279-280: D. Doctori C. Gemmae…Victor Ghiselinus in eius divini monumentum (italic type, part in roman type) 280-284: D. Corn. Gemmae…T. Thad. Hagesius ab Hayck…S.P. (Vienna, 16 November 1573; marginals) [285-286]: Letter of Philip II recommending C. Gemma to the Duke of Alva (Madrid, 25 July 1569, signed by Cayas; in Spanish) [287]: approbation (20 June 1574, s. I. Molanus) [288]: Blank [289-318]: Index (on two columns) 318: Auctor ad lectorem; Errata [319]: Privilege (Brussels, Privy Council, 10 July 1574; Council of Brabant, 24 July 1574, s. I. de la Torre, and I. de Perre) [320]: Blank |
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| Illustrations | 64 woodcuts of varying dimensions (41 in 1st book, of which one reproduced twice: pages 96 and 173 23 in 2nd book), representing human monstruosities, astronomical figures, and a few animals and plants. They were cut by Antoon van Leest and Gerard Janssen van Kampen (see Notes). The original wood-blocks are preserved in Museum Plantin-Moretus |
| Copies | Museum Plantin-Moretus- R 55.38KBR Royal Library of BelgiumCambridgeBritish Library London. According to Van Ortroy, pages 391-392, also in: Allard PiersonStaats- und Stadtbibliothek AugsburgUniversity Library BaselBerlinGreat Seminary, BrugesMunicipal Library CambraiRoyal Danish LibraryMunicipal Library DouaiUniversity Library EdinburghMunicipal Library ErlangenUniversity Library FreiburgGhent University LibraryGöttingen State and University LibraryUniversity Library HamburgUniversity Library IenaLandesbibliothek, KasselUniversity Library KielUniversity Library KrakowLeiden University LibrariesMunicipal Library LiègeUniversity Library LundMunicipal Library LyonsBiblioteca Nacional de EspañaBibl. Nat. Braidense, MilanMunicipal Library (now UL) MonsUniversity Library LMUMunicipal Library NurembergBodleian LibrariesBibliothèque nationale de FranceMazarine, ParisUniversity Library PragueUniversity Library StrasbourgUppsala University LibrarySan Marco, VeniceAustrian National LibraryHerzog August BibliothekUniversity Library Wroclaw- Breslau |
| Bibliographical references | Ruelens-de Backer, page 165 (1575, no. 30) Van Ortroy, pages 386-392 |
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| Note 1 | Medical-philosophical treatise, especially on monstruosities and astronomical influences on mankind, in two books (each with its own title-page and numeration). |
| Note 2 | Some of the woodcuts were certainly executed by Antoon van Leest and Gerard Janssen van Kampen: on 3 September 1574 the former received 9 florins Carolus guilders for 8 'figures du livre de Gemma de divers prix' (Arch. 31, folio 167), and the second 3 florins Carolus guilders 11½ stuivers for '6½ figures du livre de Prodigiis Gemmae à 11 stuivers pièce les grandes et les carrées deux pour une' (Arch. 31, folio 77). This accounts only for 15 of the 64 woodcuts, but the entries are not always detailed. Very likely A. van Leest and G. Janssen van Kampen cut also the remaining blocks. |
| Note 3 | Four copies of 'Gemma de characterismis', valued 2 florins Carolus guilders, were included in the shipment of books sent to the bookseller Pierre Boccangelino, at Toledo, on 9 June 1575 (Suppl. Corr., no. 241, page 273). |
| Note 4 | Listed in M 296, folio 4v (De naturae divinis characterismis Cor. Gemmȩ, 8º, 1575, f[euilles] 35, [price:] stuivers 10) and folio 7v, and M 164, folio 14r. |
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