Accession number
PML 18858
Creator
Denis, the Carthusian, 1402-1471.
Published
Coloniæ : Ex officina Joannis Quentel, 1548.
Credit line
Purchased in 1909.
Notes
The title is surrounded by a woodcut border.
Historiated woodcut border on title page, woodcut illus., and initials by Anton Woensam.
Historiated woodcut border on title page, woodcut illus., and initials by Anton Woensam.
Description
839 p. ; 32 cm
Provenance
Dülmen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Carthusian monastery, St. Mary (Marienburg), binding and shelfmark on spine: B.33, 16th/17th-century; Arthur Douglas Wagner (1825-1902), signature (front fly leaf); sale catalogue description, no. 7293, tipped-in, perhaps Quaritch? (front fly leaf); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from J. Pearson & Co., 1909.
Binding
16th-century blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, sewn on 4 supports by the Marienburg Carthusian monastery at Dülmen (Werkstatt Weddern Kartäuserkloster or Kartause Marienburg, EBDB w002359), signed by binder(?) with initial stamp B in a heart. Vellum manuscript pastedowns and paper fly leaves; decorative endbands. 2 clasps, wanting.
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