Breydenbach, Bernhard von, approximately 1440-1497
Title:
Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandum et gloriosum sepulchrum dominicum in Hierusalem eius tum laudes tum fructus paucis attollens, intentionemq[ue] exprimens auctoris [et] operis diuisionem incipit feliciter.
Alternate Title(s):
Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam
Published / Created:
[Speyer] : [Peter Drach], [29 July 1490]
Physical Description:
[104] leaves : illustrations, map (woodcuts) ; 29 cm (folio)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts Leaf Collection no. 0446aYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title from incipit, leaf [3] verso.Views and map from drawings by Erhard Reuwich printed from the original blocks used in the first edition (Mainz, 1486).Incipit leaf [2]: Reuerendissimo in christo patri et d[omi]no d[omi]no Bertholdo sancte Maguntin[um] sedes archiepiscopo Sacri Rhomani Imperij per Germania[m] archicancellario ac principi electori d[omi]no suo gratiosissimo. Bernardus de Breydenbach dicte ecclesie Maguntinen[sis] decanus simul et camerarius obedientiam promptam et deuotam.Expilcit andd colophon: Sanctarum peregrinationu[m] in montem Syon ad venerandu[m] christi sepulchrum in Hierusalem atq[ue] in montem Syani ad diuam virginem et martyre[m] Katherinam opusculu[m] hoc co[n]tentiuum per Petrum Drach ciuem Spirensem impressum anno salutis nostre M.cccc.xc. die xxix. Iulij finit feliciter.52 lines; Haebler, types 10:156G, 13:80G; capital spaces; armorial woodcut initial.Illustrations include views of Venice, Porec, Corfu, Modon, Candia, and Rhodes.Incunabula short title catalogue, ib01190000Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 05076Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 3957*Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B1190Klebs, A.C. Incunabula scientifica et medica, 220.6Schramm, A. Bilderschmuck der Frühdrucke, XVI, page 14Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Inkunabelkatalog, B-910BAC Leaf Collection no. 0446a: Imperfect: one bifolium only, with the woodcut view "Parens" (Poreč / Parenzo). From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Subject Terms:
Breydenbach, Bernhard von, approximately 1440–1497 -- Travel -- Palestine. | Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Palestine -- Early works to 1800. | Palestine -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.