Accession number
PML 8
Object title
Apocalypsis Sanctis Johannis.
Uniform title
Apocalypsis Sancti Johannis (Block book). Latin.
Published
[Germany, ca. 1470]
Description
32 out of 48 leaves : ill. ; (small fol.)
Credit line
Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
Notes
5th xylographic ed.
Library's copy with colored cuts.
Printed in Swabia?
Library's copy with colored cuts.
Printed in Swabia?
Binding
Contemporary tawed sheepskin over beech (?) boards, rebacked in the 19th century and resewn with new endleaves. Lower board has two holes, suggesting evidence of chain staples. In blue morocco case lettered "Germany, 1470."
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: flyleaf. Bull's head. Variant 1) small head with star on vertical bar, (similar to Briquet 15068:1462).
Watermark: folio 23. Circle with Maltese cross.
Watermark: folio 25. Circle with Maltese cross.
Watermark: folio 26. Bull's head. Variant 2) large head with diagonal cross on tall vertical bar.
Watermark: folio 28. Circle with Maltese cross. ,
Watermark: folio 39. Balance. (similar to Briquet 2407: 1472/74).
Watermark: folio 23. Circle with Maltese cross.
Watermark: folio 25. Circle with Maltese cross.
Watermark: folio 26. Bull's head. Variant 2) large head with diagonal cross on tall vertical bar.
Watermark: folio 28. Circle with Maltese cross. ,
Watermark: folio 39. Balance. (similar to Briquet 2407: 1472/74).
Provenance
Bernard Quaritch, Monuments of Typography (1897), no. 612 for £250.0.0; Richard Bennett, purchased in 1900; Pierpont Morgan.
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