Accession number
PML 7
Object title
Apocalypsis Sanctis Johannis.
Uniform title
Apocalypsis Sancti Johannis (Block book). Latin.
Published
[Germany, ca. 1470]
Description
48 leaves : ill. ; (small fol.)
Credit line
Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
Notes
5th xylographic ed.
Library's copy perfect with colored cuts.
Lot no. 47 in the Firmin-Didot sale, 26-31 May 1879.
Printed in Swabia?
Unbound, in three gatherings.
Library's copy perfect with colored cuts.
Lot no. 47 in the Firmin-Didot sale, 26-31 May 1879.
Printed in Swabia?
Unbound, in three gatherings.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: folio 3. Large bunch of grapes. Variant 1) outlined stem. Same as watermark on leaf 13.
Watermark: folio 5. Large bunch of grapes. Variant 2) thin stem (similar to Briquet 13041: 1473/1502). Same watermark on leaf 30
Watermark: folio 13. Large bunch of grapes. Variant 1) outlined stem. Same watermark on f. 3.
Watermark: folio 30. Large bunch of grapes. Variant 2) thin stem (similar to Briquet 13041: 1473/1502). Same as leaf 5.
Watermark: folio 5. Large bunch of grapes. Variant 2) thin stem (similar to Briquet 13041: 1473/1502). Same watermark on leaf 30
Watermark: folio 13. Large bunch of grapes. Variant 1) outlined stem. Same watermark on f. 3.
Watermark: folio 30. Large bunch of grapes. Variant 2) thin stem (similar to Briquet 13041: 1473/1502). Same as leaf 5.
Provenance
From the collections of Renouard. Firmin-Didot and Bennett; Pierpont Morgan.
Classification
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