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Title(s):
Das Buch der Weisshait der alten Weisen von Anbeginne der Welt von Geschlecht zu Geschlecht.
Additional Title(s):
Kalīlah wa-Dimnah. German.
Published/Created:
[Ulm] : [Lienhart Hol], [28 May 1483].
Physical Description:
[196] leaves : woodcuts: illustrations ; 30 cm (fol.)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0360
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title extracted from explicit (leaf [195a]).
Translated from the Latin version of Giovanni da Capua by Anthonius von Pforr. For genealogy of this translation, see the "pedigree" in Bīdpāʼi. Arabic version. Kalīlah wa-Dimnah. English. The earliest English version of the fables of Bidpai. London, 1888.
Incunabula short title catalogue, ij00270000
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J-270
Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 4029*
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M13180
Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 3484
BAC Leaf Collection no. 0360: Imperfect: eight leaves only, all bearing full-page woodcuts (seven hand-colored). Includes leaves c8, d2, i1, l2, s7, t2, t4, and z3. 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.
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
Form/Genre:
Incunabula.
Woodcuts.
Fragments (object portions)
Contributors:
Giovanni, da Capua, active 13th century.
Pforr, Anton von, translator.
Hol, Lienhart, printer.
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