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John, of Garland, approximately 1195-approximately 1272, author, attributed name, Brant, Sebastian, 1458-1521, translator, Bergmann, Johann, active 1494-1499, printer, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) · 1496 · [Basel Johann Bergmann, de Olpe [1496] · 2 pictures

This incunabulum is a 1496 Latin book of manners for young people, printed in Basel by Johann Bergmann de Olpe, with a text attributed to John of Garland and translated by Sebastian Brant. Its woodcut title page shows a schoolroom scene, with a tutor at a lectern and pupils gathered around a table under a timbered ceiling, while the printer's device has a lion crest, a fleur-de-lis shield, and scrollwork borders a designer could borrow for period-style layouts.

Basel · Early works to 1800 · Etiquette · Incunabula · Switzerland

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