Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandu[m] et gloriosum sepulcru[m] Dominicu[m] in Iherusale[m] ...

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Title
Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandu[m] et gloriosum sepulcru[m] Dominicu[m] in Iherusale[m] ...
Alternative Title
Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam
Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandum et gloriosum sepulcrum Dominicum in Iherusalem ...
Creator
Breydenbach, Bernhard von, d. 1497.
Contributor
Breydenbach, Bernhard von,--d. 1497--Travel.
Reuwich, Erhard, fl. 1483-1486.
Richard, J.,--D.M.--Stamp.
Published / Created
anno salutis 1486 die xj Februarij.
Publication Place
Impressum in ciuitate Moguntina :
Publisher
P[er] Erhardu[m] Reüwich de Traiecto Inferiori,
Abstract

An account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, with outstanding illustrations, and with information on various eastern peoples met en route.

Description
1 binding fragment cataloged separately. To view other title search by call number: Zi +156
Capital spaces without guide letters.
Copy 1: Bound in quarter old stamped leather over wooden boards, with clasps; lined with four leaves from a vellum 14th c. manuscript on canon law; the clasp hooks are missing.
Copy 1: Imperfect: wanting plates with view of Venice, view of Modon, middle [?] portion of view of the Holy Land, and final blank leaf. Some leaves and plates appear to have been supplied from another copy. Some plates mutilated. Complete view of Holy Land supplied in negative photostat.
Copy 1: Rubricated throughout. Head- and tail-pieces hand-colored. Part of view of Jerusalem hand-colored.
Copy 1: Stamp: Ex Bibliotheca J. Richard D.M.
Copy 1: Variant: Last letter (e in "pere-") inverted in line 1 of fol. 4v.
Imprint from colophon, where name of printer precedes place of publication.
The first illustrated travel book printed, and the first to include images of real places. Also the first to include folding plates; the panorama of Venice is over five feet long. The view of Jerusalem is the earliest printed map of the Holy Land based on a contemporary eyewitness account.
Title from incipit to preface (leaf 4r).
Types of Peter Schöffer used. Cf. GW 5075.
Woodcuts by Erhard Reuwich.
Extent
[148] leaves (5 folded) : ill. ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Extent of Digitization
This object has been partially digitized.
Language
Latin

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Zi +156

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
text
Genre
Clasps (Binding)
Hand-colored illustrations
Incunabula
Manuscript waste (Binding)
Woodcuts--1486.
Resource Type
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Subject (Geographic)
Jerusalem--Maps.
Palestine--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
Sinai (Egypt)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
Venice (Italy)--Pictorial works.
Subject (Name)
Breydenbach, Bernhard von,--d. 1497--Travel.
Reuwich, Erhard, fl. 1483-1486.
Richard, J.,--D.M.--Stamp.
Subject (Topic)
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Palestine--Early works to 1800.
Incunabula in Yale Library.
Monasteries--Czech Republic--Olomouc--Inscription.
Travelers' writings, German--Early works to 1800.

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Public
Rights
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Citation
BM 15th cent. I, p. 43 (IB.331)
Goff B-1189
GW 5075
Hain-Copinger 3956
ISTC (RLIN) ib01189000
Pellechet 2979
Procter 156

Identifiers

Orbis Record
1305196
Object ID (OID)
16189402

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