Biblia Bohemica

Item Information

Title:
Biblia Bohemica
Title (uniform):
Bible. Czech. 1488
Contributor:
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420
Printer:
Printer of the Bible of 1488
Printer:
Kamp, Jan, active 15th century
Publisher:
Pytlík, Jan, active 1488
Publisher:
Severýn z Kapí Hory, Jan, -approximately 1520
Publisher:
Bilý, Jan, active 1488
Publisher:
Matěj, od Bilého Iva, active 1488
Contributor:
Hus, Jan, 1369?-1415
Contributor:
Lupáč, Martin, -1468
Former owner:
Perlstein, Israel, 1897-1975
Date:
[August 1488]
Format:
Books
Genre:
Wooden boards
Blind-tooled bindings
Catches
Manuscript waste
Printed waste
Marginalia
Inscriptions
Incunabula
Incunabula--Czech Republic
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
Prague
Extent:
[610] leaves ; 33 cm (fol.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/0z709s238
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[Prague] : [Printer of the 1488 Bible (Johann Kamp?)]
Language:
Czech
Notes:
Title and imprint from Incunabula short title catalogue.
Colophon (mm8 verso): Praczy teto a diela. knih tiechto zakona božie° konecz včinien gt̃ sstiastnie. w sla wnem Miestie Starem Pražskem. kte ružto praczy. slowunti mužie a miesstia nee Pan Jan pytlik. a pan Seweryn kramař to ̊leta konsselee: a pan Jan od čapuow. a pan Matieg od biele ̊lwa ... [3 lines] ... snažnie przed se wzemsse. przi nie Naklady znamenite cžinili su: a mužow vcženych Mistruow Pražskych: a ginych w zakonie božiẽ rozumnych. wtõ vžiwagice pomoczy przy wykladech slussnych a p̃ wych. tak až k koncy tuž p̃cy prziwedli A leta božie ̊tisyczie ̊cžtyrzste ̊osmde sateho osmeho Miesyecze Srpna.
Presumably printed in the Severýn establishment by Jan Kamp.--See Tobolka, Z.V. Dějiny československého knihtisku v době nejstarší. V Praze, 1930, p. 26.
Notes (ownership):
PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.407.13 FOLIO with modern pencil collation notes at front. Early/contemporary marginalia and annotations throughout. Donated in June, 1969, by Israel Perlstein, of New York. Former call number: Q.488.B1 FOLIO.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Catalogue of books printed in the 15th century now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, B-340
Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, III, 808
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B620
Historical catalogue of the printed editions of Holy Scripture in the Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 2177
Incunabula short title catalogue, ib00620000
Notes (object):
Signatures: a-g¹⁰ h⁸ i-z¹⁰ A¹⁰ B⁸ C-Z¹⁰ AA-BB¹⁰ CC⁸ aa-ll¹⁰ mm⁸ [nn]⁸ (a1=blank)
Chancery folio; a2 recto: 47 lines plus headline, 247 (263) x 157 mm; type: 105G; initial spaces with guide letters.
COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.407.13 FOLIO imperfect: a1-a3, a6, and a7 wanting. Leaf c8 bound in between c3 and c4. Smaller initials rubricated in alternating red and blue. Larger initials in interlocking red and blue. Early stains, wax droplets, and mends throughout. Some mends made of manuscript waste. Leaf dimensions: 308 x 223 mm.
BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.407.13 FOLIO bound in early/contemporary blind tooled calfskin over bevelled wooden boards. Rebacked and repaired. Catch plates on upper cover. Clasps lost, early straps remain. Nail holes in both covers from metal furniture. Later manuscript waste hook/hinge at rear.
Identifier:
06_01_016822
Call #:
RARE BKS Q.407.13 FOLIO
Barcode:
39999063214215