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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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