Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Mandeville, John, Sir
Title:
Reysen und Wanderschafften durch das Gelobte Land, Indien und Persien.
Alternate Title(s):
Itinerarium. German
Published / Created:
[Basel] : [Bernhart Richel], [1481 or 1482]
Physical Description:
[206] pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 29 cm (fol.)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0305
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Translated by Otto von Diemeringen.

Murray and Schreiber call for 148 woodcuts.

Signatures: [A-B¹⁰ C⁸ D⁸¹ E-G⁸ H-I⁶ K-M¹⁰].

The first leaf is blank.

Incunabula short title catalogue, im00165000

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, M165

Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 3833

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M20412

Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 4799

Catalogue of a collection of early German books in the library of C. Fairfax Murray, 283

BAC Leaf Collection no. 0305: Imperfect: four cuttings from the woodcut illustrations, leaves [53], [56], [77], and an unidentified leaf. The woodcuts are hand-colored. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Subject Terms:
Voyages and travels -- 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:
Diemeringen, Otto von, -1398, translator. | Richel, Bernhard, -1482, printer.