Von der liebe.

Accession number: 
PML 21961
Author: 
André, le chapelain.
Published: 
Augsburg : Anton Sorg, 23 January [14]82.
Description: 
[1], ii-Cxv, [3] leaves : illus. (woodcuts) ; 30 cm (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1923.
Notes: 

19 woodcuts from 13 blocks, with repeats, and initials.
Bearer type (leaf [10]/8v).
Collation: [1-11¹⁰ 12⁸]: 118 leaves.
Colophon (leaf [12]/8r): Gedruckt un[d] volenndet in der keÿserlichen statt augspurg von Anthoni Sorgen an der mitwoche[n] vor sant Pauls bekeru[n]g tag Anno d[omi]ni [etc] im lxxxii. jar.
On the text see A. Karnein, De Amore deutsch: der Tractatus des Andreas Capellanus in der Übersetzung Johann Hartliebs, Munich 1970 (CIBN).
Paper format: Chancery folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 29 x 19.5 cm
Printed in Sorg's types 2:118G and 3:140G.
Title from incipit (leaf [1]/2r): Hie hebt sich an das bůch Ovidy von der liebe zů erwerben, auch die liebe zeuerschmehe[n]. Als doctor hartlieb von latein zeteütsch gepracht had, durch bete und geschäffte eines fürsten von österreych als hernach geschriben steet.

Binding: 
Contemporary blind-stamped red leather over wooden boards (30.5 x 21 cm), sewn on 3 supports likely around Augsburg (stamps are unidentified in EBDB but follow Augsburg style); rebacked. Plain paper pastedowns. 1 clasp, wanting.
Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: No rubrication required. Woodcuts hand colored. Annotations: No notations in text.

Provenance: 
Contemporary inscription, illegible, severely abraded: "Stefan [Odenhardu? ...] Zörger," (front pastedown); inscriptions in red and blue crayon, likely from bookseller: "Incunabeln 124 I, IV, 23" (leaf [1]/1r); Gilhofer & Ranschburg (Vienna), unidentified sale catalogue description (rear pastedown); J.P. Morgan, Jr., purchased from Gilhofer & Ranschburg, Jan. 1923.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Incunabula
Woodcuts
Hand coloring
Blind tooled bindings (Binding)
Century: 
15th century
Department: 
Printed Books