Author: HUGO Hermannus :
Title: De prima scribendi origine et universa rei litterariae antiquitate...
Description: 18. Antverpiae (Antwerpen), Ex Officina Plantiniana, Apud Balthasarem & Ioannem Moretos, 1617, in-8°, 17 x 11 cm, 227 + (3) pp, engraving on title-page, fine woodcut initials, 2 ills. (p. 83; the directions of writing; p. 85; stylus) and 1 table (p. 123; material supports), woodcut printer's mark at the end, cont. limp overlapping vellum with traces of ties, 19th century library stamp on title, printed ex-dono from the Antwerp Jesuits in 1910 tipped-on to the first past-down, bookblock a bit loose in binding but still a fine copy. The author, 1588 - 1629, finished this fascinating enclyclopia of literary matters at Brussels, 1 June 1616 , so this is the first edition, and dedicated it to Carolus Scribani, the jesuit provincial. .

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