Breydenbach, Bernhard von, approximately 1440-1497
Title:
Dises werck ynnhaltende die heyligen reyssen gen Jherusalem zů dem heiligen grab vnd furbass zů der hochgelobten jungfrauwen vnd mertreryn sant Katheryn.
Alternate Title(s):
Title in ISTC: Heyligen reyssen gen Jherusalem
Published / Created:
[Mainz] : Durch Erhart Rewich von Vttricht ynn der statt Meyntz getrucket, ym jar vnsers heylss tusent vierhu[n]dert vn[d] lxxxvj. yn dem .xxj. tag dess Brachmonedts. [21 June 1486].
Physical Description:
[360] pages : illustrations, maps (woodcuts) ; 31 cm (Folio)
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsLeaf Collection no. 0446Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title from colophon.Printer and date of imprint from colophon.According to GW, printed with Peter Schoeffer's type.Nine woodcuts illustrations, mostly vignettes, on leaves [a1] verso, [i7] recto, [q7] recto and verso, [r1] verso, [r3] verso, [r8] recto, [v1] recto, [v2] verso.Six folding plates with topographical views (leaves [c²²⁺²⁺² d-e² f-h²⁺²]) and one folding map (leaves [v²⁺²⁺²]) from drawings by Erhard Reuwich.Signatures: [a-b⁸ c²⁺²⁺²⁺² d-e² f-h²⁺² i-s⁸ t⁶ v²⁺²⁺² x-z⁸ A-C⁸].Final page blank.Davies 4Proctor, 157Mead, H.R. Incunabula in the Huntington Library, 49Incunabula short title catalogue, ib01193000Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B1193Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum,Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 3959Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 5077Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, I, p. 44Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 3630BAC Leaf Collection no. 0446: Imperfect: two leaves only: full-page woodcut frontispiece and leaf [99]. Woodcuts are uncolored. 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. | Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Palestine -- Early works to 1800. | Palestine -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Italy -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Jerusalem -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.