Rare Books and ManuscriptsLeaf Collection no. 0174Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
With 75 woodcuts.Title and imprint from Incunabula short title catalogue.Extent from British Museum.Incunabula short title catalogue, ie00015000Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, E15Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 4057*Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 9248Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, page 343 (IB. 5802)Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 3723BAC Leaf Collection no. 0174: Imperfect: Leaf 10 only. The recto depicts the Virgin and Child surrounded by four saints. The verso depicts the Annunciation. Without coloring. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Subject Terms:
Jesus Christ -- Biography. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.
Form/Genre:
Incunabula. | Woodcuts. | Fragments (object portions) | Hand coloring.
Contributors:
Sorg, Anton, active 15th century, printer. | Joannes, of Hildesheim, -1375. Historia trium regum. German.