Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Hie nach volget ein büch der kunnst dardurch der weltlich mensch mag geÿstlich werden ...
Alternate Title(s):
Buch der Kunst, dadurch der weltliche Mensch mag geistlich werden.
Published / Created:
[Augsburg, Germany] : Getruckt vnd volenndet Johannes Bämler zü Augspurg, am freitag in her andern vast wochen [7 Mar.], Anno [et] c[etera] In dem siben vn[d] sibenzigisten iar [1477].
Physical Description:
[224] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 23 cm. (4to)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0187
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title from caption on leaf [1]2; imprint from colophon.

Signatures: [1-8]⁸ [9]² [10-14]⁸ [15]⁶ (first and last 3 leaves blank).

Leaf [1]2 printed in red and black.

Incunabula short title catalogue, ib01265000

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B1265

Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 4036*

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 5666

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, pages 335-336 (IA. 5685)

Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 3647

BAC Leaf Collection no. 0187: Imperfect: 24 non-consecutive leaves only, containing 33 hand-colored woodcuts; and one additional cutting with one woodcut. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Subject Terms:
Christian life -- Early works to 1800. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.
Form/Genre:
Incunabula. | Woodcuts. | Fragments (object portions) | Cuttings (partial works) | Hand coloring.
Contributors:
Bämler, Johann, approximately 1430–1503.