Sánchez de Arévalo, Rodrigo, 1404-1470, [Der Spiegel des menschlichen Lebens], [23 July 1479]
- Title(s):
- [Der Spiegel des menschlichen Lebens].
- Published/Created:
- [Augsburg]: [Johann Bämler], [23 July 1479]
- Physical Description:
- [4], cciij, [1] leaves : illustrations ; 30 cm (fol.)
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsLeaf Collection no. 0270Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/17173053
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Gothic type (Proctor 1623); 27-28 lines.
Heinrich Steinhöwel's translation, originally published ca. 1476 by Günther Zainer.
Illustrations: 75 "Maiblumen" initials and 55 woodcuts (Schramm, II, 700-754) including one repeat. The illustrations were first used in Günther Zainer's German edition (Fairfax Murray 366), and are believed to have been cut in Ulm from designs by two different artists.
Incunabula short title catalogue, ir00232000
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, R232
Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 13949*
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M38507
Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 5103
BAC Leaf Collection no. 0270: Imperfect: 25 leaves: xxiiii, xxx, xxxiiii, xxxviii, xxxxiii, xxxxv, xxxxviii, lxiii, lxxiii, lxxv, lxxvii, lxxxii, lxxxiii, lxxxix, ciiii, cvi, Cxxxii, Cxxxv, Clvi, Clviii, Clix, Clxviii, Clxx, Clxxii, Clxxxii. Woodcuts are hand-colored. 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.Occupations.Professions.Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
- Form/Genre:
- Incunabula.
Woodcuts.
Fragments (object portions)
Hand coloring. - Export:
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