tij00271000

Text-inc Id:

tij00271000

Bod-inc Id:

J-116

Headings:

Johannes de Capua Directorium humanae vitae [German] Buch der Weisheit der alten Weisen.

Analysis of content:

1. [*1v] ‘Register in das bůch der weisen'.
2. a2r ‘Die vorred'. Incipit: ‘[E] A s ist von den alten weisen der geschlaecht der welt . . .’ The ‘A' in the above incipit is not part of the text but part of the numbering system of the fables.
3. a7r Johannes de Capua: Buch der Weisheit der alten Weisen. Translated by Anton von Pforr. Dedicated to Eberhart Graf zu Wirtenberg. The names are given in acrostic initials in the early sections; see Incunabula from the Court Library at Donaueschingen, Sotheby's London, 1 July 1994, lot 180. Friedmar Geissler, Anton von Pforr, das Buch der Beispiele der alten Weisen, Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin Institut für Orientforschung, Veröffentlichung 61 (Berlin, 1964), 1-162; see VL I 402-5.

Imprint:

Ulm: Conrad Dinckmut, 12 Mar. 1485. Folio.

Collation:

[*⁴] a–y⁸ z⁶. 126 full-page woodcuts (c.193 ×133 mm.) Woodcut initials.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ij00271000 HC *4033; Goff J‑271; BMC II 534; Pr 2565; Amelung, Frühdruck, I 108; BSB‑Ink I‑380; Friedmar Geissler, ‘Die Drucke des Buches der Beispiele der alten Weisen', Beiträge zur Inkunabelkunde, Dritte Folge, 3 (1967), 31 no. 7; Schramm VI p. 18; Schreiber V 3488; Sheppard 1844. LCN: 13908022

Copies:

1. J-116(1) Copy Wanting d6, n4, o2, and z4. Leaves [*1,5] and z6 backed. Binding: Contemporary blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, with metal bosses, corner-pieces, and clasps. Triple fillets form a double frame. Within the outer frame, lozenge-shaped stamps with the Holy face, rosette, and fleuron stamps. The inner rectangle contains merrythoughts each with a floral stamp (pansies?). Size: 286 × 197 × 60 mm. Size of leaf: 275 × 187 mm. On [*1r]: ‘Das buůch gehert in der liberey'. Ruling in ink. Many of the woodcuts and initials are painted in several colours; other initials are supplied in red. Provenance: Francis Douce (1757-1834); armorial book-plate. Bequeathed in 1834. SHELFMARK: Douce 186.