Bod-Inc: K-007
Koberger, Anton
Commendatio operis novi cronicarum cum imaginibus temporum et Europa Aenee Pii.
Analysis of Content
Printed side [Koberger, Anton]: Commendatio operis novi cronicarum cum imaginibus temporum et Europa Aenee Pii [addressed to the reader.] Incipit: ‘Magna nobis hodie, lector charissime, temporum felicitas illuxit . . .’ Advertisement for Hartmann Schedel, Liber chronicarum (S‑108).
Printed side [Poem addressed to the book.] Incipit: ‘Vade liber patulas et te cito profer in auras | Cui similis nullo tempore pressus erat'; 12 distichs.
Imprint
Imprint: [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, c.1493]. Broadside.
Collation
Collation: Single sheet.
Types: Type: 106 (111) G?; printed on one side only.
Line number: 36 lines.
Type area: Type area: 200 ×163 mm.
References
ISTC: ik00028700
GW: E 826;
Proctor: not in Pr;
Others: BSB‑Ink K‑37; Burger, Buchhändleranzeigen, 30 (with plate); not in Sheppard.
LCN: 14074495
Copies
Copy number: K-007(1)
Torn down the middle and mended without loss of text.
Binding: Stored in a modern document wallet of gold-tooled brown morocco.
Size of leaf: 309 × 222 mm.
Provenance: Albert Ehrman (1890-1969); armorial book-plate; purchased from Maggs Brothers Ltd in 1948 for £275; accession no. ‘R 559'. Presented in 1978 by John Ehrman.
SHELFMARK: Broxb. 95.23.
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