Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Vincent, of Beauvais, -1264

Title:

Speculum historiale.

Published / Created:

Strassburg, Johann Mentelin, 4 Dec., 1473.

Physical Description:

4 volumes ; 47 x 33 cm (fol.)

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0088
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

BEIN: Imperfect: fol. 1, blank, in v.1, & fol. 206 in v.2, blank, wanting; 4 ff. in v.3 wanting.

BEIN: For fuller description see collation slip in volume.

Incunabula short title catalogue, iv00283000

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, V283

Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 6246

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M50587

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, I, 57

BAC Leaf Collection no. 0088: Imperfect: a single leaf, from the epilogue of book two. With a large initial 'D' drawn in red and blue. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.

Subject Terms:

World history -- Early works to 1800. | Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Latin -- Early works to 1800. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Observantenkloster (Bamberg, Germany) -- Inscription. | Steele, Robert, 1860–1944 -- Bookplate. | Inglis, Cornelius -- Bookplate. | Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (Great Britain) -- Bookplate. | Incunabula in Yale Library.

Form/Genre:

Incunabula. | Fragments (object portions)

Contributors:

Mentelin, Johann, approximately 1410–1478, printer.