Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ymagibus ab inicio mu[n]di.

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  • Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514
  • [Nuremberg] : Anthonius Koberger Nuremberge impressit ..., Comsummatu[m] autem duodecima mensis Julij. Anno salutis n[ost]r[a]e. 1493.
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    Rare Book Collection (Wilson Library) — Folio-2

    Call Number
    Incunabula 148
    Note
    Capital spaces. Some ms. capitals in red and blue. Bound in sheepskin (repaired) over pasteboard. Bookplate of Raimond van Marle. From the library of Aaron Burtis Hunter.
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    Call Number
    Incunabula 148.2
    Status
    In-Library Use Only
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    Item Note
    Lacks leaf number CCLVIIII (replaced); final blank; CCXCIV (thus map) mutilated, CLVXIIII (Pope Joan) slightly mutilated. Rare ms. notes, trimmed. Ms. note on t.-p., name repeated on verso of map, both dated 1853. Bookplate of Sigurd and Gudrun Wandel. In blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards. Metal bosses. Purchased from Burton Emmitt, 1951
    Call Number
    Incunabula 148.4
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    In-Library Use Only
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    Item Note
    Four leaves only, numbered X, CLXV, CCVII, and contents leaf, "fructus" to "heresis." Woodcuts on X and CLXV meticulously colored by hand. Capitals G, H by hand on contents leaf
    Call Number
    Incunabula 148.1 superv'd
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    In-Library Use Only
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    Item Note
    Bound in blind-stamped pigskin over boards. Presented to the Augustinian Library of Iona, 1704. Bookplates: Ex Bibl. Hamill.; Ex libris Frederic M. Hanes. Presented by the Hanes Foundation, 1929. Supervised use only.
    Call Number
    Incunabula 148
    Status
    In-Library Use Only
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    Call Number
    Incunabula 148.3
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    In-Library Use Only
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    Item Note
    One ms. capital and initial strokes in red. Title-page repaired. In 19th-centuryblind-tooled calf over boards. W.A. Whitaker foundation

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    Description:
    20 unnumbered pages, CCLXVI, 6 unnumbered pages, CCLXVII-CCXCIX, 3 unnumbered leaves : illustrations (woodcuts), coats of arms, maps, portraits ; 43 cm
    Variant Title:
    Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cum figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi
    Published:
    [Nuremberg] : Anthonius Koberger Nuremberge impressit ..., Comsummatu[m] autem duodecima mensis Julij. Anno salutis n[ost]r[a]e. 1493.
    Language:
    Latin
    Cited In:
    Alden, J.E. European Americana, 493/21
    Short-title catalogue of books printed in the German-speaking countries and German books printed in other countries from 1455 to 1600 now in the British Museum, 785
    Goff, S 307
    Hain, 14508
    Rhodes, 1595
    Notes:
    Author's name from original manuscript.
    Colophon: " ... Castigatu[m]q[ue] a viris doctissimis vt magis elaboratum in lucem prodiret. Ad in tuitu[m] autem [et] preces prouidoru[m] ciuiu[m] Sebaldi Schreyer [et] Sebastiani Kamermaister hunc librum dominus Antonius Koberger Nuremberge impressit. Adhibitis tame[n] viris mathematicis pingendiq[ue] arte peritissimis. Michaele Wolgemut et Wilhelmo Pleydenwurff. Quaru[m] solerti acuratissimaq[ue] animaduersione tum ciuitatum tum illustrium virorum figure inserte sunt."
    Imprint from colophon.
    Includes index.
    Leaf [6], 3rd count, and last 2 leaves blank.
    Leaves CCLVIIII-CCLXI have running title and foliation but no text.
    The gatherings are not signed.
    The woodcuts by Wohlgemuth and Pleydenwurff, number 1809, of which 1164 are repeats.
    Woodcut title page.
    Some spaces left with guide letters for initials.
    Local Notes:
    RBC Incunabula 148 c.1: Capital spaces. Some ms. capitals in red and blue. Bound in sheepskin (repaired) over pasteboard. Bookplate of Raimond van Marle. From the library of Aaron Burtis Hunter.
    Genre or Form:
    Early works to 1800
    OCLC Number:
    49988551

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