Yale Center for British Art

Title:

Spiegel menschlicher Behaltnuss : mit den Ewa[n]gelie[n] vnd Epistele[n] durch d[a]z gancz Iar.

Alternate Title(s):

Speculum humanae salvationis. German.

Published / Created:

[Augsburg] : [Peter Berger], [6 February 1489]

Physical Description:

[7], ccxxix leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 30 cm (folio)

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0555
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Record derived from description of Library of Congress copy.

2 columns, 46 lines; Haebler, type 1 (91 G) Woodcuts.

Incunabula short title catalogue, is00666000

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, S666

Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 14937*

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M43005

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 392 (IB.6808)

Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 5278

BAC Leaf Collection no. 0555: Imperfect: includes four full leaves, nos. cii, cxvi, clxxvi, and ccxxix, and two cuttings. 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:

Salvation -- Christianity -- Early works to 1800. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.

Form/Genre:

Incunabula. | Woodcuts. | Fragments (object portions) | Cuttings (partial works) | Hand coloring.

Contributors:

Berger, Peter, active 1488–1489, printer.