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Ein püchlein von der erkanntnuβ der sünd und auch ettlicher tugent.

Accession number
PML 27170
Creator
Heinrich, von Langenstein, approximately 1325-1397.
Object title

Ein püchlein von der erkanntnuβ der sünd und auch ettlicher tugent.

Published

Augspurg : vo[n] Hansen Schobsser, .M.cccc und in de[n] lxxxxiiii. jare[n] [1494].

Description

[36] leaves : illustration (woodcut) ; 19.5 cm (4to)

Credit line
Purchased in 1930.
Notes
Title from caption, leaf A2r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf E4r: Gedruckt und vollendet in der künigklichen stat Augspurg vo[n] hansen schobsser. Do man zalt von Cristi gepurt .M.cccc und in de[n] lxxxxiiii. jare[n].
Printed in Schobsser's type 1:109G.
Signatures: A-D⁸ E⁴: 36 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
Accipies woodcut on leaf A/1v.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 19.2 x 12.7 cm.
Binding
19th-century full black goatskin over paper boards (19.5 x 14 cm), sewn on 5 supports by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves.
Variant title
Büchlein von der Erkenntnis der Sünde
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Woodcut hand colored. Annotations: Contemporary manuscript signatures partially visible, mostly trimmed, perhaps suggesting placement in a Sammelband (cf. PML 27167, 27170, and 27171). No marginal notations in text.
Provenance
E.P. Goldschmidt & Co., cat. 21 (1930), no. 38; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Goldschmidt, Feb. 1930.
Classification
Century
Department