Stultifera Nauis : Narragonice p[ro]fectionis nunq[uam] satis laudata Nauis / per Sebastianu[m] Brant ; vernaculo vulgariq[ue] sermone & rhythmo ... ; Atq[ue] iampridem per Iacobum Locher, cognome[n]to Philomusum, Sueuu[m] in latinu[m] traducta eloquiu[m] & per Sebastianu[m] Brant denuo seduloq[ue] reuisa ...

Accession number:

PML 27525.1

Author:

Brant, Sebastian, 1458-1521.

Published:

In laudatissima Germani[a]e vrbe Basiliensi : nup[er] op[er]a & p[ro]motione Ioha[n]nis Bergman de Olp, Anno salutis n[ost]re MCCCCXCVIII K[a]l. Martii [1 March 1498].

Description:

I-CXLIIII, [4], CXLV-CLIX, [1] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 23 cm. (4to)

Notes:

Title from title page, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf x4v.
Printed in Bergmann's types 1:109R, 3:77R, and 4:220G.
Signatures: a-s⁸ [long-s]⁴ t-y⁴: 164 leaves, leaf y4 blank.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
1 column, 30 lines. 117 woodcuts, with repetitions.
Printer's device at colophon.
"De corrupto ordine uiue[n]di pereu[n]tibus. Inuentio noua. Sebastiani Brant": leaves CXLV-CLV.
"Epigra[m]ma Thome becca": leaf CLVI.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 21 x 15.3 cm.

Binding:

Contemporary German blind-tooled half pigskin over beech boards (22 x 16 cm.), sewn on 3 supports; repaired by Duprez Lahey. Plain paper pastedowns; plain endbands. 1 clasp, missing.

Variant Title:

Stultifera navis

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: Contemporary marginal German notes and manicules, German inscriptions in woodcuts, in different hand than Kroba. Contemporary drawings by Valentinus Kroba added to blank leaves and margins throughout both parts of PML 27525.

Provenance:

Valentinus Kroba, lengthy inscription, 1560 (leaf y4v) and marginal drawings throughout volume, including musicians and dancers (leaf y4r) and Samson and the lion (front pastedown) and Crucifixion (rear pastedown); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Joseph Baer, July 1930.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Pigskin bindings (Binding)

Blind tooled bindings (Binding)

Half bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books