Hie vahet sich an das neü narren schiff vo[n] narrogonia zů nutz vnd heylsamer ler zů vermeyden straffe der narrheyt mit mer erneüru[n]g vn[nd] lengru[n]g / durch Sebastianu[m] Brand doctor in beyden rechten.

Accession number: 
PML 27329
Author: 
Brant, Sebastian, 1458-1521.
Published: 
Getruckt ... zů Augspurg : von Hannsen Schönsperger, Tausent vierhundert acht unnd neüntzigosten. Am afftermontag nach unsers herren auffart [29 May 1498].
Description: 
[102] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 22 cm (4to)
Credit Line: 
Purchased in 1930.
Notes: 

Title from half-title page, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf s4r: Hie endet sich das neü schiff ausz Narrogo[n]ia So zu nutz heylsamer ler, ermanung, vnd eruolgung, der weiβheyt, vernunfft vn[nd] gůter sytten. Auch zů verachtu[n]g vn[nd] straff der narrheyt, blintheit, Irsal vnd torheyt aller stöt, vnd geschlächt, der menschen, mit besunderm fleiβ, mü [sic], vnd arbeyt, gesamelt ist, mit merer erlengeung, vnd scheinbarlicher erklerung, durch Sebastianum Brant In beyden rechten doctore[m]. Gedruckt zů Straβburg auff die Vasenacht, dye man der narren kirchweich nenner. Im jare nach Cristi geburt Tausent vierhundert vier vn[nd] neützig [sic]. Vnd darnach getruckt auβ dem selbigen Straβburgerischen exe[m]plar zů Augspurg in d[er] keyserlichen stat vo[n] hannsen Schönsperger Im jar nach Cristi vnsers herre[n] geburt Tausent vierhundert acht vn[nd] neüntzigosten. Am afftermontag nach vnsers herren auffart.
"Afftermontag" in the date is more likely a reference to Tuesday rather than Monday, so the date is 29 May 1498 rather than 28 May as previously cited.
Printed in Schönsperger's types 4:150G and 9:87G.
Signatures: a⁸ b-h⁶ i-k⁴ l⁶ m-n⁴ o-s⁶: 102 leaves, leaf s6 blank.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
Colophon identifies exemplar for this edition as that printed in Strasbourg by Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger in 1494 (ISTC ib01081000.
119 woodcut illustrations, including Ship of Fools repeated on title page and title page verso.
Morgan copy leaf dimensions: 21 x 15 cm.
Morgan copy missing 1 leaf: s8 (blank).

Binding: 
15th/16th-century German quarter blind-stamped (4-petalled flower stamp not in EBDB) calf over wooden boards (22 x 16 cm), sewn on 2 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves, additional blank leaves at beginning and end partially ruled for manuscript additions.
Variant Title: 

Neue Narrenschiff

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Inscriptions: "Gedruckt Im Jahr Christi 1498," and several illegible inscriptions, 16th century (title page); "Wer das list, der ist ein [??] 1608" (front endleaf 2r); extensive German bibliographic notes on 18th-century editions of Narrenschiff (front endleaves).

Provenance: 
Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Lathrop C. Harper, March 1930.
Classification: 
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