In disem teütschen kalender vindet man gar hübsch nach einander die zwelff zeychen, vnnd die siben planeten, wie yegklicher regieren sol.

Accession number:

PML 23170

Uniform title:

Deutscher Kalender.

Published:

Gedruckt zu Augspurg : von Hannsen Schönsperger, an der mitwochen nach Petri vnd Pauli ... M.cccc. unnd in dem xcv. jare [1 July 1495].

Description:

[68] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 20 cm (4to)

Credit Line:

Purchased in 1925.

Notes:

Title from half-title page, leaf a1r: In disem teütschen kalender vindet man gar hübsch nach einander die zwelff zeychen, vnnd die siben planeten, wie yegklicher regieren sol. Dar nach vinden man die guldin zal, vnd wie man den sunteglichen buchstaben suchen soll. Und zu welicher adern man lassen soll.
Imprint from colophon, leaf i6r: Gedruckt zu Augspurg von Hannsen Schönsperger, vn[nd] vollendet an der mitwochen nach Petri vnd Pauli. Als man zalt nach Christi geburdt .M.cccc. unnd in dem .xcv. jare.
Printed in Schönsperger's types 4:150G, 6:105G, and 9:87G.
Signatures: a-g⁸ h-i⁶: 68 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
57 woodcuts, same as those used in Schonsperger's editions of 1487 and 1492.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 18.5 x 12.8 cm.

Binding:

15th-century German blind-rolled and -stamped calf over wooden boards (20 x 14 cm), sewn on 2 supports; rebacked. Modern plain paper pastedowns and endleaves; plain endbands. 2 clasps. The hunt roll used to decorate the boards is also found on Wolfenbüttel, HAB, 115.2 Quodl. 2° (an unlocalized binding, see EBDB w002232); the small quatrefoil stamp is similar to ones used in the environs of Augsburg, including those used at the Wundervogel bindery (EBDB w001512/Kyriss 90, active 1468-1476) and Vogel verziert (EBDB w002087/Kyriss 92, active 1470-1489).

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Contemporary hand-coloring of woodcuts. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance:

Unidentified German library stamp, abraded (leaf a2r); unidentified (Trauber & Weil?) bookseller's description, no. 14 (rear endleaf 1 recto); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Trauber & Weil, Dec. 1925.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Woodcuts

Almanacs

Sheepskin bindings (Binding)

Blind tooled bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books