Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298, Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia, [not after 1475]
- Title(s):
- Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia.
- Additional Title(s):
Lombardica historia
Legenda aurea- Published/Created:
- [Augsburg] : [Günther Zainer], [not after 1475]
- Physical Description:
- ccclxxxxvij, [3] leaves : illustrations ; 30 cm (fol.)
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsLeaf Collection no. 0061Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/86060
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- BEIN: Imperfect: second leaf of table of contents wanting; supplied in facsimile; first leaf slightly mutilated. (1981 +35)
Semi-gothic type (Proctor 1559); 44 lines.
Without signature marks.
First Latin edition with woodcuts printed in Germany.
Illustrations: 163 small woodcuts including numerous repeats.
Incunabula short title catalogue, ij00084000
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J84
Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 6387
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M11168
Schreiber, W.L. Handbuch der Holz- und Metallschnitte des XV. Jahrhunderts (3. Aufl.), 4326
BAC Leaf Collection no. 0061: Imperfect: comprises seven non-consecutive leaves, each with a hand-colored woodcut: [1] leaf v, with woodcut of Saint Andreas; [2] xliii, Saint Remigius; [3] lxix, the presentation in the temple; [4] lv, Saint Vincent; [5] lx, Saint Paul; [6] lxi, Saint Julian; [7] liiii, Saint Basil. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink. - Subject Terms:
- Incunabula in Yale Library.Saints.Werther, Frederick, 1881- -- Ownership.
- Form/Genre:
- Incunabula.
Woodcuts.
Fragments (object portions)
Hand coloring. - Export:
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