Writing tables

Folger bibliographic ID: 122133
Folger call number: V.a.480
Folger holdings ID: 114972
Accession Number: MS Add 1156

General notes

Manuscript notes in writing tables include, in Italian, a list of legal documents (with items dated 1630, 1645, 1663), mathematical instructions and problems (some dated 1734 and 1737), and sketches. Some of the drawings are partially or mostly erased Notes are made by stylus and pen and ink. Evidence of erasure on some leaves Number "338" written at the top of front cover and verso of second front endleaf Binding includes manuscript waste Formerly Folger MS Add 1156 Bound in contemporary calfskin, block-stamped in gold with gold tooling, sewn on four double-raised cords with fore-edge flap attached with silver clasps held together with modern copper stylus According to Sotheby's (London) catalogue of November 7, 2002, "The fine German Renaissance binding . . . has been attributed to Jakob Krause who was active in Dresden during the last quarter of the sixteenth century. He worked predominantly for the Elector Augustus of Saxony (one of the foremost patrons of the Renaissance). The surviving entries in the book are however in Italian, so it may have been presented to a foreign ruler or ambassador." Portions also available as a digital reproduction Acquired from Sotheby's (London), 7 November 2002, lot 41

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006-2007. Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print

Extended title: Writing tables 1580?

binder: Krause, Jakob, 1526 or 1527-1585