Bod-Inc: J-116
Johannes de Capua
Directorium humanae vitae [German] Buch der Weisheit der alten Weisen.
Analysis of Content
[*1v] ‘Register in das bůch der weisen'.
a2r ‘Die vorred'. Incipit: ‘[E] A s ist von den alten weisen der geschlaecht der welt . . .’ The ‘A' in the above incipit is not part of the text but part of the numbering system of the fables.
a7r Johannes de Capua: Buch der Weisheit der alten Weisen. Translated by Anton von Pforr. Dedicated to Eberhart Graf zu Wirtenberg. The names are given in acrostic initials in the early sections; see Incunabula from the Court Library at Donaueschingen, Sotheby's London, 1 July 1994, lot 180. Friedmar Geissler, Anton von Pforr, das Buch der Beispiele der alten Weisen, Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin Institut für Orientforschung, Veröffentlichung 61 (Berlin, 1964), 1-162; see VL I 402-5.
Imprint
Imprint: Ulm: Conrad Dinckmut, 12 Mar. 1485. Folio.
Collation
Collation: [*4] a–y8 z6.
Illustrations: 126 full-page woodcuts (c.193 ×133 mm.) Woodcut initials.
References
ISTC: ij00271000
Hain: HC *4033;
Goff: Goff J‑271;
BMC: BMC II 534;
Proctor: Pr 2565;
Others: Amelung, Frühdruck, I 108; BSB‑Ink I‑380; Friedmar Geissler, ‘Die Drucke des Buches der Beispiele der alten Weisen', Beiträge zur Inkunabelkunde, Dritte Folge, 3 (1967), 31 no. 7; Schramm VI p. 18; Schreiber V 3488; Sheppard 1844.
LCN: 13908022
Copies
Copy number: J-116(1)
Wanting d6, n4, o2, and z4. Leaves [*1,5] and z6 backed.
Binding: Contemporary blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, with metal bosses, corner-pieces, and clasps. Triple fillets form a double frame. Within the outer frame, lozenge-shaped stamps with the Holy face, rosette, and fleuron stamps. The inner rectangle contains merrythoughts each with a floral stamp (pansies?).
Size: 286 × 197 × 60 mm.
Size of leaf: 275 × 187 mm.
On [*1r]: ‘Das buůch gehert in der liberey'. Ruling in ink.
Many of the woodcuts and initials are painted in several colours; other initials are supplied in red.
Provenance: Francis Douce (1757-1834); armorial book-plate. Bequeathed in 1834.
SHELFMARK: Douce 186.
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