Dat boeck vanden leuen ons liefs heren ihesu cristi anderweruen gheprint ...

Item Information

Title:
Dat boeck vanden leuen ons liefs heren ihesu cristi anderweruen gheprint ...
Title (alt.):
Tboeck vanden leven Ihesu Christi
Title (uniform):
Vita Christi. Dutch
Creator:
Ludolf, von Sachsen, approximately 1300-1377 or 1378
Printer:
Os, Peter van, active 1479-1510?
Date:
[November 20, 1495]
Format:
Books
Genre:
Woodcuts
Vellum bindings (Binding)
Manuscript waste (Binding)
Incunabula
Incunabula--Netherlands
Chancery folios
Manuscripts, Medieval
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
Subjects:
Jesus Christ--Biography--Early works to 1800
Places:
Netherlands > Overijssel (province) > Zwolle
Extent:
[356] leaves : ill. ; 27 cm (fol.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/0z70bq90w
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[Zwolle] : [Peter van Os]
Language:
Dutch
Notes:
Title from first line of caption on pi1 recto.
Imprint derived from colophon ([lombard]N5 recto): Tot loue gods ende tot heyl ende salich heyt alre kersten menschen soe is hier volleynt dat eerwaerdige boeck va[n]den leuen woerden passie verrisenisse en̄ gloriose opuaert ons heeren ihesu cristi met addicien van scoonen moralen en̄ gheesteliken leeringhen en̄ deuoten meditacien en̄ ghebeden int eynde der capittelen. Toe zwoll gheprent by mij Peter os van Breda mit die selue litter ende figuren daer sij Tantwerpē eerst mede gheprent sijn geweest &c Gheeynt Int iaer ons heeren M CCCC cxv. den twintichsten dach in nouembri. Deo gracias.
Notes (ownership):
PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.404.80 FOLIO with dealer's notes, etc., at front. Purchased in November, 1947.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, IX, 88
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M19272
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, L356
Incunabula short title catalogue, il00356000
Notes (object):
Signatures: pi⁴ ²pi⁶ a-f⁶ g⁴ h-k⁶ I⁴ m-p⁶ q⁴ r-v⁶ x⁴ y-z⁶ & ⁴ [us]⁶ A-C⁶ D⁴ E-G⁶ [superscript chi]G⁶ H⁶ I⁴ K-Q⁶ R⁴ S-Y⁶; [lombards] A-B⁶ C⁴ D-F⁶ G⁴ H-N⁶ (pi2 signed 'ij'; ²pi1-3 signed 'iij-v'; [lombard]N6=blank).
Numbering [10], I-CLXXXVIII, [three leaves, numbered CXC, CXCII, CXCIII], CXCIII [i.e. CXCIIII]-CCCXLVIII, [1], with many additional errors in foliation.
Chancery folio; printed in double columns except on a1 recto, a6 (i.e. fol VI) recto: 40 lines plus headline, 198 (210) x 153 mm; type: 99G; woodcut initial on a1 recto, initial spaces without guide letters elsewhere, 157 woodcut illustrations, including 8 repeats.
COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.404.80 FOLIO imperfect: [lombard]N6 (=blank) wanting. [Lombard]N3.4 with damage to margins repaired. Rubricated in red throughout, some woodcuts and initials hand-colored. A few foliation errors corrected in a later hand. Signatures in gathering [superscript chi]G corrected in a contemporary hand to lowercase "g." Leaf dimensions: 255 x 186 mm.
BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.404.80 FOLIO bound in ca. 16th-/17th-century vellum panelled in blind. Broken spine reveals manuscript waste spine linings. All text block edges stained red.
Identifier:
06_01_016849
Call #:
RARE BKS Q.404.80 FOLIO
Barcode:
39999091846038