Accession number
PML 198510
Published
Gedruckt zu Ingolstatt : durch Wolffgang Eder, im Jar M. D. LXXXV. [1585].
Credit line
Purchased on the Lathrop C. Harper D-1 Fund, 2020.
Notes
Imprint from colophon.
Signatures: a¹⁰ b-d⁸ e⁴; A-S⁸ T⁴, Aa⁴ Bb-Ff⁸ Gg⁴.
Includes Charlemagne's prayer book, with some added prayers and a short biography.
Title in red and black; all pages, incl. title, within decorative woodcut frame; with woodcut head and tail pieces, large decorative bars between paragraphs, and initials.
Hürlimann's Life of Charlemange begins on leaf T1r with separate title page.
Signatures: a¹⁰ b-d⁸ e⁴; A-S⁸ T⁴, Aa⁴ Bb-Ff⁸ Gg⁴.
Includes Charlemagne's prayer book, with some added prayers and a short biography.
Title in red and black; all pages, incl. title, within decorative woodcut frame; with woodcut head and tail pieces, large decorative bars between paragraphs, and initials.
Hürlimann's Life of Charlemange begins on leaf T1r with separate title page.
Description
[4], 70, [2], 291, [5], 91, [3] pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 16 cm (8vo)
Inscriptions/Markings
Annotations: Contemporary German inscription, dated 1587 (or 1589) (front endleaf 1 recto).
Provenance
Morgan Library & Museum, purchased from Maggs Bros. on the Lathrop C. Harper D-1 Fund, Sept. 2020.
Binding
16th-century German blind-tooled calf over wooden boards. Modern pastedowns. 2 clasps, repaired. Some chipping and loses to spine. Sprinkled edges.
Classification
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