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Title(s):
[Bible].
Additional Title(s):
Bible. Czech. 1489.
Published/Created:
[Kuttenberg] : [Martin of Tischniowa], [14 Nov. 1489].
Physical Description:
[1224] pages : illustrations (woodcuts) 27 cm (folio)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0550
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
[Request]
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
A corrected reprint of the Czech Bible printed at Prague in 1488. Cf. Brit. and Foreign Bible Soc. Library. Historical cat., 2178.
Imprint from ISTC. Colophon reads: Skonawa se biblee genž gest zakon boži nowy y stary. litterami sytisstienymi. na horach Cutnach slawnych. skrze mne Martina z tissňowa: Leta božieho tisyczieho cžtyrsteho osmdesateho dewateho. tu sobotu po swatem martinie. Za cžasu kralowanie nayiasnieyssie ̊kniežete a pana pana Wladislawa Krale cžeskeho a Markrabi morawskeho et ct̃. pana nasseho milostiweho. leta kralowanie geho milosti osmnaczteho.
Text in two columns. Capital spaces, with guide-letters.
Signatures: a-q¹⁰ r-t¹² v-z¹⁰ A¹⁰ B-C¹² D-Z¹⁰ [con]⁸ [tur]⁸ aa-mm¹⁰ chi⁶ (al blank).
Incunabula short title catalogue, ib00621000
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries , B-621
Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 3162
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 4324
Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, III, p. 816
Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 9495
Mead, H. R. Incunabula in the Huntington Library, 5082
Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 3468
BAC Leaf Collection no. 0550: Imperfect: four full-leaf fragments (from Deuteronomy, Tobias, Daniel, and Esther) and a cutting of the printer's device. The 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.
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
Form/Genre:
Incunabula.
Woodcuts.
Fragments (object portions)
Cuttings (partial works)
Hand coloring.
Contributors:
Martin, z Tišnova, active 1489, printer.
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