Yale Center for British Art

Title:
[Biblia, deutsch]
Alternate Title(s):
Bible. German. 1477.
Published / Created:
Augspurg : Gedrücket vñ volbracht Anthoni Sorg, 1477.
Physical Description:
2 volumes ([267], [275] leaves) : illustrations ; 40 cm (folio)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0186
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title from Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke.

Printed in two columns, 53-56 lines to the full column. The woodcuts at the beginning of each book are identical with those used by Pflanzmann in his edition about 1475 (see Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke 4297).

Historical catalogue of the printed editions of Holy Scripture in the Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society, note after 4181

Incunabula short title catalogue, ib00630000

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B630

Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 3135*

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 4301

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, page 344

Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 3459

BAC Leaf Collection no. 0186: Imperfect: leaf [137], from 3 Kings, chapters 1-2. The recto includes a hand-colored woodcut depicting the judgment of Solomon and a large woodcut initial 'U'. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Subject Terms:
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.
Form/Genre:
Incunabula. | Woodcuts. | Fragments (object portions) | Hand coloring.