tih00013450

Text-inc Id:

tih00013450

Bod-inc Id:

H-008

Headings:

Heldenbuch Fragment.

Analysis of content:

1. See VL III 947-56.

Imprint:

Augsburg: Johann Schönsperger, 24 Mar. 1491. Folio.

Collation:

a⁸ b–z A–L⁶; the collation includes v and w. Types: 96 text, 140 = Sorg 140, titles. 212 leaves. 42 lines, in two columns (f1r). Type area: 204 × 130 mm (f1r). 229 woodcuts.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ih00013450 GW 12186; H *8420; not in Pr; BSB‑Ink H‑40; Schreiber V 4197; not in Sheppard.

Copies:

1. H-008(1) Copy Fragment containing e6, gatherings f-g, h1-2, h5-6, i2-5, m2-6, n_1-5, o2-3, o6, p1, p3-4, p6, gatherings q-r, s1, s6, t2-6, gatherings v-w, x1-2, x5-6, y1-5, z1-5, A5-6, B1, B3, B5, C1-2, and G5; 111 woodcuts, some repeated. Binding: Nineteenth-century (1840s) French brown blind-tooled morocco; marbled pastedowns, gilt-edged leaves, and gold-tooled turn-ins. Size: 252 × 184 × 21 mm. Size of leaf: 244 × 169 mm. Woodcuts coloured in red, yellow, blue, and green, now almost invisible because the leaves have been washed. Provenance: Davis & Orioli, Catalogue 141 (1951), no. 57, offered at £120; a cutting now extracted established that this copy was the one offered for sale by Davis & Orioli. Theodore Deodatus Nathaniel Besterman (1904-1976). Purchased in July 1979 for £866; see ledger (1978/9), no. 1060. SHELFMARK: Inc. d. G5.1491.1.