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

Accession number: 
PML 23777
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: 
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