Accession number:
PML 27525.2
Published:
Gedruckt zu Strassburg : [Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger], uff die Vasenacht die ma[n] der narren kirchwich nennet Im iar nach Cristis geburt Tusent vierhundert vier und nüntzig [11 February 1494, i.e. between 11 February 1494 and 23 May 1495].
Description:
[110] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 21 cm. (4to)
Credit Line:
Purchased in 1930.
Notes:
Title from title page, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf t6v.
Printed in Grüninger's types 17:145G and 18:82G.
Signatures: a⁸ b-h⁶ i-k⁴ l⁶ m-n⁴ o-s⁶ t⁸: 110 leaves, leaf t8 blank.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
2 columns, 40 lines. Printed initials (where required).
123 woodcuts, with repetitions.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 21 x 15.3 cm.
Binding:
Contemporary German blind-tooled half pigskin over beech boards (22 x 16 cm.), sewn on 3 supports; repaired by Duprez Lahey. Plain paper pastedowns; plain endbands. 1 clasp, missing.
Variant Title:
Neue Narrenschiff
Inscriptions/Markings:
Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Some woodcuts with yellow wash added by hand. Contemporary drawings by Valentinus Kroba added to blank leaves and margins throughout both parts of PML 27525.
Provenance:
Valentinus Kroba, inscriptions: "Valentin[us] kroba hac scripsit [???] anno sechsick [1560]" (leaf a1v), longer inscription (leaf y4v), and marginal drawings throughout volume, including Samson and the lion (leaf a1v) and Scourging of Christ (leaf t6r); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Joseph Baer, July 1930.
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