D. Hieronymus Hornschuchs Wohl unterwiesener Corrector : oder Kurtzer Unterricht Vor diejenigen, welche Wercke, so gedruckt werden corrigiren wollen...
Leipzig, Germany: Christian Friedrich Gesner, 1739. First thus edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Good+ condition. Item #015682
80 pages of text, followed by [iv] pages of register/index, followed by separately paginated section containing [ii] pages, 44 pages. Original vellum spine and corners with marbled paper-covered boards are heavily worn, with upper corners and top of spine damaged with loss of vellum. Complete with the frontisportrait of the smoking proofreader/copy editor/editor at work. Further illustrated with three pages showing examples of proofreader's marks printed in red inserted after p. 18. Title page printed in red and black. Text illustrated with woodcuts showing different page sizes and their placement for printers (quarto, octavo, duodecimo, decimo octavo). The title page has an old re-hinging and it and the frontis are nearly detached. The illustrated pages extend beyond the borders of the other text pages and are there creased, brown, and worn. There is minor water staining, other staining, and foxing scattered throughout the text. Previous owner's (unidentified) lengthy notes are handwritten in an early hand on the endpapers. The text is unmarked. Title continues "...Neue verb. und mit dem Leben des Herrn Verfassers verm. Aufl., Nebst D. Daniel Kramers, P.P. Jubel-Predigt, auf die erfundene Buchdruckerkunst." Translation of Orthotopographia/Der Corrector originally published in 1634.
Price: $750.00