Other details
- Description:
- 180 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
- Published:
- Saint Albans : [Schoolmaster Printer], [not before 1486]
- Language:
- English
Latin
- Cited In:
- Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 4932
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B1030
Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 2465
Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 9828
Incunabula short title catalogue, ib01030000
Catalog of the Hanes Collection of Manuscripts, 500
- Notes:
- Title and publisher from ISTC
Date of 1486 given in colophon refers to compilation
Signatures: Book of Hawking. Book of Hunting, a-c⁸ d⁴ e-f⁸. Book of Heraldry, a-b⁶ c-e⁸ f¹⁰
Allegedly the first English book with color printing: red for words and lines of the poem on hunting; red and blue for capitals, paragraph marks, and for armorial devices, in some of which gold is represented by yellow or brown (part supplied by hand?)
Gift of the Hanes Foundation, 10/12/74
- Local Notes:
- RBC Incunabula 533.7 superv'd: Imperfect: 22 leaves lacking, supplied in manuscript (18th century?) (1st set, a¹-a⁸; 2nd set a¹, a⁶, e¹, e⁸-f¹⁰). Also 1 blank leaf lacking (2nd set, b⁶). On verso of leaf f⁸ (1st set) is a poem on salvation in Latin in a contemporary hand, gothic cursive. 18th century gold tooled morocco. Bookplate of William Charles de Meuron, Earl Fitzwilliam, on page 2 of cover. From Kraus. Supervised use only.
Part of the Incunabula.
- OCLC Number:
- 53351793