[262] leaves : 29 cm (fol.)

Imprint derived from colophon (I7 verso): Gedruckt vnd volendet dyser herbarius durch Hannsen schoensperger in der Keyserlichen statt zu Augspurg am montag vor sant Thomas tag. Anno. M.cccc vnd in dem. lxxxviij. jare

"The cuts with the Basel and Nuremberg arms (chs. 42 and 44), and probably the rest also, are reversed copies of those in Dinckmut's Ulm edition of 1487"--Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum

Signatures: pi⁴ a-v⁸ w⁸ x-z⁸ A-D⁸ E⁶ F⁸ G-H⁶ I⁸ (I8=blank)

Chancery folio; printed in double columns, a2 recto: 42 lines, 204 x 130 mm; types: 140 (title and headings), 96 (text); woodcut initial, two inital spaces, woodcut illustrations

COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.404.51 FOLIO imperfect: I8 (blank) wanting. Woodcuts hand-colored. Modern pencil foliation in upper, outer margins. Leaf dimensions: 275 x 192 mm.

PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.404.51 FOLIO with bookplate of the BPL Charlotte Harris Fund. Ink stamp of the Austrian Bundesdenkmalamt on front pastedown. Dealers' codes, etc., at front, including a partially obscured "SLB" code (Gilhofer & Ranschburg?). Early(?) inscription on title page, with later shelfmarks, e.g., "n: 8." Small bull's-head stamp on title page verso in purple ink. Erased ink stamps on pi2 recto. Purchased in March, 1937.

BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.404.51 FOLIO bound in early/contemporary blind tooled sheepskin over wooden boards, rebacked. Brass catch plates, clasps lost. Remnants of paper label on upper cover.

plus-circle Add Review

comment

Reviews