Title page:

ISAGOGE IN MVSICEN || HENRICI GLAREA||NI HELVETII || POE. LAV.|| e quibusq𝔷 bonis au||thoribꝰ latinis & græcis ad || studiosorũ utilitatẽ || multo labore || elaborata.|| AD FALCONEM COSS.|| VRBIS AVENTICENSIS.||
[II:] DVO ELEGIARVM LIBRI || HENRICI GLAREANI || HELVETII AD || VLDERI-||CVM || ZINLIVM || DOGGIVM.||

Colophon:

BASILEAE IN AEDIBVS IOANNIS || Frobenij Hammelburgensis diligen-||tissimi apud Alemannos || Chalcographi, || expensis || autẽ || Gertrudæ || Lachneræ uxoris || Frobenij. Anno domini || M. D. XVI. Decimooctauo || Calendas Decembreis.||

two snakes in a skutcheon that wound around a stick hold by two hands, with a bird sitting on top (part of the title border, signed by Hans Holbein). At the very end of the book again Froben’s mark, here surrounded by four lines - one in Latin, two in Greek and one in Hebrew.

Basel

Theory book

The second part of this edition contains a collection of poems with no music. This edition was printed by Froben’s heirs and funded by his widow Gertrude Lachner.

A1v: Dedication from Glareanus to Peter Falco dated “Basileæ. Anno Christi. M D XVI. ad Idus Maias.” No other date given in the edition.
A3r-v: “In laudem citharae et musices eiusdem Glareani carmen.”
E4r: Errata.
In second part:
F1v: Ilderico Zinlio Doggio viro philosopho et theologo Glareanus.
K5r: In Henrici Glareani Helvetii Poetae Laurem Ioannis Vogetini Angentoracensis Carmen.

A1r: integral title border woodcut, signed by Hans Holbein, with putti and Froben’s printer’s mark in a shield below.
Some diagrams (e.g. the harmonic genera, fols. A3v-4r) are created from type. Others are made from a combination of type and woodcut (e.g. the Greater perfect system, fol. A4v).
F1r: Title border made of four woodcuts, with birds, rabbits, architectural and floral patterns.

Latin; Greek; Hebrew

Autopsy copy:

D-Dl 6.A.870, angeb.5

D-Mbs, B-Br, US-Wc, A-Wn