Des gulden throe[n]s of der xxiiij ouden.

Accession number: 
PML 27135.2
Author: 
Otto, von Passau.
Published: 
Herlem : [Jacob Bellaert], .M.CCCC. ende lxxxiiij. Op sinte cryspyn ende crispiaens dach [25 October 1484].
Description: 
[4], i-cxxvij (with mistakes) leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 28 cm (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Purchased in 1930.
Notes: 

Title from caption, leaf [1]/2r: Die is die tafel vande[n] nauolge[n]den boec des gulden throe[n]s of der xxiiij ouden ...
Imprint from colophon, leaf r9r: Bider gracien gods so is dit boec geprent ende voleynt in die stat va[n] herlem Int iaer ons heren .M.CCCC. en[de] lxxxiiij. Op sinte cryspyn en[de] crispiaens dach. Deo gracias.
Printed in Bellaert's type 1:98/99G. Printer's mark, leaf r9v.
Signatures: [1]⁴; a-q⁸ r¹⁰: 142 leaves [1]/1 and r10 blank.
Paper format: chancery folio.
Woodcuts, attributed to the so-called Haarlem Woodcutter.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 27.5 x 19.5 cm.

Binding: 
Contemporary German blind-stamped calf over beech boards (28 x 20 cm), sewn on 4 supports, attributed to the binder of the Carthusians at Wesel (EBDB w004228); repaired by Duprez Lahey. Vellum endleaves. 2 clasps, missing.
Variant Title: 

Boeck des gulden throens

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Contemporary rubrication, red initials, paragraph marks, and capital strokes; woodcuts in quires a-c colored by hand. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Unidentified Dutch inscriptions (front and rear endleaves).

Provenance: 
Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia), Carthusians (monastery closed 1590), binding and inscription regarding Brother Goessen, 1493: "Hoert. Item dyt boeck toe den katusers op der grauen by wesel [Grav Insel bei Wesel] geleege[n] end dat heeuet broeder goessen geprokeriert. Anno d[omi]ni M cccc xciii. Orate pro eo" and below: "Broeder goβen [illegible]" (Belial, leaf r6v); unidentified German inscriptions, 16th/17th century, in same hand throughout volume, perhaps Johann von Fidem(?) (front endleaf 1 recto; Pelgrim, leaves a1r, a2r, and l6r; Gulden throens, leaf [1]/1r); unidentified Carthusian inscriptions, abraded, "Liber Carthusiae [??]ensis," maybe Xanten, home of the Wesel Carthursians from 1623-1802 (Pelgrim, leaves a1r and a2r); unidentified shelfmark in red crayon: E 42 (Pelgrim, leaf a1r); unidentified German ownership inscription: "Ex libris T. C. M[??] W[??] 1820," abraded (Pelgrim, leaf a2r); unidentified armorial stamp, no. 695 (Pelgrim, leaf a1r); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Jacques Rosenthal, Feb. 1930.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Department: 
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