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1482 book by Johannes Trithemius: "In Praise of Scribes: De Laude Scriptorum"
The date is off by about a decade: Trithemius’s *De laude scriptorum* is associated with 1492 (composition/dedication) and 1494 (printing), not 1482.
Full reasoning
The work being referenced here is not from 1482. Bibliographic records for De laude scriptorum manualium identify it as a work tied to 1492 and printed by Peter Friedberg in 1494. Google Books lists the title as “De laude scriptorum manualium: mit Widmungsbrief des Autors an Gerlach von Breitbach, 1492” and separately lists the publisher/date as “Peter Friedberg, 1494.” Open Library likewise treats it as “An edition of De laude scriptorum (1494).”
So the specific date in the post is incorrect: the work was not a 1482 book. If the intent was to date Trithemius’s anti-printing argument, the defensible dates are 1492 for the text/dedication or 1494 for the printed edition.
2 sources
- De laude scriptorum manualium: mit Widmungsbrief des Autors an Gerlach von Breitbach, 1492 - Johannes Trithemius - Google Books
Title: De laude scriptorum manualium: mit Widmungsbrief des Autors an Gerlach von Breitbach, 1492 ... Publisher: Peter Friedberg, 1494.
- De laude scriptorum = by Johannes Trithemius | Open Library
An edition of De laude scriptorum (1494) ... De laude scriptorum = In praise of scribes by Johannes Trithemius.