Hec practica narrat de presenti a[n]no et seque[n]tibus quamplurimis annis de nouis raris et inauditis rebus et gestis que futura sunt in hoc mu[n]do.

Accession number:

PML 68

Author:

Lichtenberger, Johannes, active 15th century, author.

Published:

In inclita urbe Argentina : [Bartholomaeus Kistler], [after 31 December 1499]

Description:

[48] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 20.5 cm (4to)

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.

Notes:

Title from half-title page, leaf A1r.
Imprint city and date from colophon, leaf H3v: Emendatum denuo presagiu[m] hoccine impressioni quoq[ue] iterum deditu[m] Anno domini .M.cccc.xcix. In inclita vrbe Argentina vltima die mensis Decembris cum carminibus Pindari preclarissimi poete rem oem rectissime enu[n]ciabitis [et] co[n]cludentibus. ...
Printed in Kistler's types 2:140G, 3:100G, and 4:78G.
Signatures: A-H⁸/⁴: 48 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
Woodcuts and woodcut initials.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 20 x 14 cm.

Binding:

20th-century half green goatskin, with paper sides, over paper boards (20.5 x 15 cm), sewn on 3 supports by Duprez-Lahey. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves; plain endbands; gilt edges.

Variant Title:

Hec practica narrat de presenti anno et sequentibus quamplurimis annis de novis raris et inauditis rebus et gestis que futura sunt in hoc mundo

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized. Annotations: Contemporary marginal notations throughout text, including early inscription identifying author as "Liechtenberger".

Provenance:

Unidentified (maybe James Thomson Gibson-Craig (1799-1886)?) armorial bookplate: stag's head with a star en chief and motto: "Deo et Regi" (front pastedown, preserved from previous binding); Richard Bennett (1849-1930), armorial bookplate (front pastedown, preserved from previous binding), entire library purchased in 1902 by: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Goatskin bindings (Binding)

Quarter bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books