Accession number
PML 17283
Creator
Lichtenberger, Johannes, active 15th century, author.
Published
Coloniensis : Petri Quentel, quarto idus Maij anno M.D.XXVI [12 May 1526].
Description
[60] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 20.5 cm (4to)
Notes
Imprint from colophon, leaf P3r: Excusum est hoc prognosticum impensis honesti & spectati viri Petri Quentel, civis Coloniensis, quarto idus Maij, anno M.D.XXVI.
Signatures: A-P⁴, leaf P4 blank.
43 woodcuts.
Signatures: A-P⁴, leaf P4 blank.
43 woodcuts.
Binding
16th-century French (Paris) brown morocco, gold tooled in interlace and foliate design, over paper boards (20.5 x 13.5 cm), sewn on 5 supports, attributed to the Mahieu Aesop Binder; rebacked. Gilt edges.
Provenance
Jean Grolier (1479-1565), "Io. Gr. et amicorum" (front cover) and motto: "Portio mea domine sit in terra viventium" (rear cover); Henry White, inscription: "Henry White Lichfeild [sic] Maii 24° 1802" (front pastedown), his sale, Sotheby's 8 Feb. 1826 and
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