Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandu[m] et gloriosum sepulcru[m] Dominicu[m] in Iherusale[m] ...
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Description
- Title
- Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandu[m] et gloriosum sepulcru[m] Dominicu[m] in Iherusale[m] ...
- Alternative Title
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Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam
Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandum et gloriosum sepulcrum Dominicum in Iherusalem ... - Creator
- Breydenbach, Bernhard von, approximately 1440-1497
- Contributor
- Reuwich, Erhard, active 1483-1486, illustrator, printer.
- Published / Created
- anno salutis 1486 die xj Februarij.
- Publication Place
- Impressum in ciuitate Moguntina and Germany Mainz
- Publisher
- P[er] Erhardu[m] Reüwich de Traiecto Inferiori
- Abstract
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An account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, with outstanding illustrations, and with information on various eastern peoples met en route
- Description
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BEIN Zi +156 Copy 1: Variant: Last letter (e in "pere-") inverted in line 1 of fol. 4v.
BEIN Zi +156 Copy 1: Rubricated throughout. Head- and tail-pieces hand-colored. Part of view of Jerusalem hand-colored.
BEIN Zi +156 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.
BEIN Zi +156 Copy 1: Stamp: Ex Bibliotheca J. Richard D.M.
BEIN Zi +156 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.
BEIN Zi +156 Copy 2: Variant: Last letter (e in "pere-") inverted in line 1 of fol. 4v.
BEIN Zi +156 Copy 2: Imperfect: Final blank leaf wanting.
BEIN Zi +156 Copy 2: Bookplate: Frank Altschul. Inscription: Pro Conventu Olomucensi ad S. Bernardinum. Illegible stamp.
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.
Woodcuts by Erhard Reuwich.
Imprint from colophon, where name of printer precedes place of publication.
Title from incipit to preface (leaf 4r).
Capital spaces without guide letters.
Types of Peter Schöffer used. Cf. GW 5075.
1 binding fragment cataloged separately. To view other title search by call number: Zi +156
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards; clasps missing. Rubricated; with uncolored woodcuts. Inscribed: Monastery Baumburg. - Extent
- [148] leaves (5 folded) : 32 cm. (fol.)
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Zi +156 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Pictorial works
Maps
Incunabula
Hand-colored illustrations
Clasps (Binding).
Manuscript waste (Binding).
Woodcuts
Monasteries
Incunabula in Yale Library - Material
- ill. ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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Palestine
Sinai (Egypt)
Venice (Italy)
Jerusalem - Subject (Name)
- Breydenbach, Bernhard von, -1497
- Subject (Topic)
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Description and travel
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
Travel
Travelers' writings, German - Subjects
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Palestine > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages > Palestine > Early works to 1800
Sinai (Egypt) > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
Breydenbach, Bernhard von, -1497 > Travel
Travelers' writings, German > Early works to 1800
Venice (Italy) > Pictorial works
Jerusalem > Maps
Richard, J., D.M. > Stamp
Altschul, Frank, 1887-1981 > Bookplate
Monasteries > Czech Republic > Olomouc > Inscription
Incunabula in Yale Library
Germany. Mainz. Reuwich, Erhard. 1486
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 1305196
- Object ID (OID)
- 2057980
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