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Directoriu[m] statuu[m], seu verius Tribulatio seculi.

Accession number
PML 23777
Object title

Directoriu[m] statuu[m], seu verius Tribulatio seculi.

Published

[Strasbourg] : Peter Attendorn, [after 25 October 1489]

Description

[36] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 20.5 cm (4to)

Credit line
Purchased in 1926.
Notes
Title from half-title page, leaf a1r.
Printer identified from prefatory letters between Jakob Wimpheling and Petter Attendorn.
Printed in Attendorn's types 1:180G and 3:160G.
BMC assigned the printing to Prüss for Attendorn.
Signatures: a-f⁶: 36 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
Woodcuts, attributed to Hans Burgkmair the elder. Woodcut initials.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 19.8 x 14.2 cm.
Binding
19th-century marbled paper over paper boards (20.5 x 15 cm), sewn on 2 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves.
Variant title
Directorium statuum, seu verius Tribulatio seculi
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: A few contemporary marginal notations, including expurgated text (leaf b5r).
Provenance
Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from E. Ph. Goldschmidt, Aug. 1926.
Classification
Century
Department