Schopper, De omnibus illiberalibus sive mechanicis artibus, Frankfurt, 1574, contemporary limp vellum

8vo (154 x 94 mm). Roman, italic, and gothic type, with Greek type on A7v-8r. collation: πA⁸ A-R⁸ S⁴: 148 leaves. Title-page and recto of final leaf with woodcut printer's device, more elaborate printer's device on verso of final leaf, 132 woodcut illustrations by Jost Amman. (Blank upper margin of title-page renewed, perhaps to remove an old ownership inscription.)

binding: Contemporary limp vellum (157 x 104 mm), traces of manuscript title to head of spine, fore-edge flaps, flat spine, bands piercing hinges at head and tail, traces of 2 pairs of fabric ties. (Some staining.)

provenance: Pencil note on front pastedown states that this was in the library of the Duke of Arenberg at Nordkirchen, though unlikely—7-line Latin inscription in an early modern hand ("De bibindi causis") to rear pastedown—Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, their sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 2 November 1977, lot 219—H.P. Kraus, New York, collation inscription by Roland Folter dated November 1977—David Segal, member of the Grolier Club—bought from Segal in 1981 by Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow, with their bookplate, their sale, Christie's, New York, part II, 10 April 2013, lot 84. acquisition: Purchased at the preceding sale. references: Adams, S-703; USTC 630786; VD16 S 3898