Margarita philosophica
Contributors: Schott, Johann, 1477-1548; Schott, family of printers
Publisher: Chalchographatum primiciali hac pressura Friburgi p[er] ioanne[m] Schottu[m] Argen[toraci].
Published: 1503
Place of publication: Freiburg im Breisgau]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 604
Subjects: Latin Encyclopedias and dictionaries; Early works to 1600
Notes: First ed., as the colophon states, despite references to earlier issues; see Sabin, Becker.

Imprint from colophon (ff5r).

Wood-cut allegorical t.p. and numerous cuts in text, including 20 full-page (that depicting the birth of Eve appears twice, on r6v and D1v). The 3 folded plates are: [1]. Descriptio inuentionis semitonij minoris -- [2]. [Diagram of relations between musical tones] -- [3]. [Map of the world]. The map derives from that of Ptolemy as published in 1482 at Ulm; see Becker.

Includes index (dd2v-ff4v).

Ferguson, J. Margarita Philosophica (Library, 4th ser., 10 (1930): 194-216), p. 197-201.

Sabin 69122.

Becker, U.  Reisch, p. 5-8.

BM STC, German, 1455-1600 p. 731