Das Bůch der Schatzbehalter, oder, Schrein der waren reichtümer des heils und ewyger seligkeit genant.̈
Alternate Title(s):
Bůch der Schatzbehalter
Published / Created:
[Nuremberg] : [Anton Koberger], [8 November 1491]
Physical Description:
[708] p. (the first and last leaves blank) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 34 cm. (fol.)
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsLeaf Collection no. 0602Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN Zi +2070: For fuller description see collation-leaf in volume.Written by Stephan Fridolin; cf. Neue deut. Biog. (v. 5, p. 440), BM 15th cent., and GW.Title from colophon; imprint from ISTC and Goff.Colophon: Also endet sych hye das Bůch. der Schatzbehalter oder schrein der waren reichtůmer des heils vnnd ewyger seilgkeit genant ... Vnd durch den Erbern vnnd Achtpern Anthonien Koberger. yn der keyserlichen Reichsstatt Nurmberg. Nach der geburt Christi vierzehenhundert vnd yn den eynvnndneůntzigisten iar. Am Eritag dem achtenden tag dess Monats Nouembris au[ss]gedrucket ...GW dates as 18 Nov. 1491 in error.2 columns, 40 lines and heading; Haebler, types 10, 11 (120 G, 102 G).ISTC and BM 15th cent. attribute woodcuts to Michael Wolgemut (master of Albrecht Dürer); GW and BSB-Ink attribute to both Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff.Signatures: a-z⁶ ab-ad⁶ ae⁸ A-Z⁶ Aa-Gg⁶ Hh⁰Incunabula short title catalogue, is00306000Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, S306Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 14507*=6236Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 10329Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 434 (IB. 7413)Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 5202BAC Leaf Collection no. 0602: Imperfect: 10 leaves only. Includes one leaf of text only (b3) and nine leaves bearing illustrations, with figures 13, 14, 24, 41, 42, 53, 57, 60, and 87. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Subject Terms:
Jesus Christ -- Meditations -- Early works to 1800. | Jesus Christ -- Devotional literature -- Early works to 1800. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.