Bod-Inc: S-273
Speculum
Speculum humanae salvationis [German] Spiegel menschlicher Behaltnuss.
Analysis of Content
[a2r] Spiegel menschlicher Behaltnuss. ‘Das erst capitel von Lucifers val'. Incipit: ‘[L]ucifer erhub sich wider seinen Schoepffer den ewigen Got . . .’ See VL IX 52-65, at 60-1 II.B.2.
Imprint
Imprint: [Augsburg: Anton Sorg, c.1480]. Folio.
Collation
Collation: [a–m10 n12].
Types: Type: 118 G.
Leaves: 132 leaves, the first and last blank.
Line number: 36 lines ([a5r]).
Type area: Type area: 213 ×124 mm ([a5r]).
Illustrations: Woodcut initials. 192 woodcuts, some repeated.
References
ISTC: is00664500
BMC: BMC III 860;
Proctor: Pr 1681;
Others: Schramm IV p. 51; Schreiber V 5277; Sheppard 1245-6.
LCN: 14122456
Copies
Copy number: S-273(1)
Wanting sheets [i5.6] and [m5.6], also the blank leaf [a1].
Binding: German, c.1800, azure velvet over pasteboards; gilt-edged leaves.
Size: 292 × 215 × 30 mm.
Size of leaf: 282 × 197 mm.
Deleted early inscription on [a2r]. Note in pencil inside the front endleaf: ‘Very curious and rare £21:0:0.’
Provenance: Purchased from Thomas Thorpe, Catalogue (1834), part VII, no. 1571, for £4. 4. 0; see Books Purchased (1834), 28.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 1Q 3.27.
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