Gruenpeck [Gr!npeck, Gr!nbeck, Grumpeck], Joseph.[ a.k.a. Johannes Lichtenberger]

Ain nutzliche betrachtung der Naturlichen hymlischen und prophetischen ansehungen aller trubsalen angst un(d) not die uber alle stande geschlechte und geminden der Christenhait in kurtzen tagen geen werden. Ich haimsuch uber dises volck in waffen in hunge

      Hans Schonsperger, Augsburg:: Hans Schonsperger,, 1522.. First German Edition.. Early 19th. c. marbled boards, slightly rubbed, owner's stamps partly removed from verso of t.p. and recto of last leaf,good margins, clean copy.. 4to.. Woodcut t.p. in decorated borders Joseph Gr!npeck, fl 1473-1532, physician and medical author; astrologer to Frederick III; secretary, chaplain, and historiographer of Maximillian I; and astrologer to Charles V. [See: Albin Czerny, Der Humanist und Historiograph Kaiser Maximilians I, Joseph Grunpeck, Archiv fur osterreichische Gesch. LXXIII (1888).] #11;It has long been asserted that Joseph Grunpeck is Johann Lichtenberger. In the Prognocstico of 1473 [Fairfax-Murray, German, 478] it mentions, "John Grunbach, alias Lichtenberger, judge of the stars for the holy empire..." [See: D. Kurze, "Johannes Lichtenberger, eine Studie zur Geschichte der Prophetie und Astrologie", Historische Studien, 379, L!beck, 1960.]#11;"In the predictions and prognostications of the age the authors continually made reference to the poor state of affairs and the need for public reform and renewal. One of the most#11;influential publications in this vein was Joseph Gr!npeck s Speculum (1508), a work which borrowed from traditions of medieval prophecy while directing its comments at contemporary affairs. For Gr!npeck, it was clear that there was Oa pitiful disintegration of Christendom, destruction of good customs and laws, misery of all estates, raging of plagues, inconstancy in all things, dreadful events befalling everyoneO"#11;[C. Scott Dixon, Germany On The Eve Of Reformation.]#11;Grunpeck's predictions were very influential and had unusually long lives and were reprinted in the Mirabilis Liber in 1520. They were eventually put on the Index of Prohibited Works. VD 16 G 3644.Zinner 1176. Markowski, Astronomia Et Astrologica Cracoviensa, 68: 10. Panzer 1593. Kuczynski 245. Kat. Halle 70 (1929) 135. Rosenthal, Magica, 1318. Cantamessa 2000 (note). Not In Adams, BM STC (Germ.), Proctor, Caillet.