Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 35 x 24 cm Imprint:
[Nuremberg] : [Peter Wagner], [1486?] Description:
Almanac for Nuremberg for the year 1487; includes information on
when to perform bloodletting. Imperfect: trimmed along edges, with
loss of first 12 lines and some text along left edge. Printed in
red and black. Includes two woodcut illustrations depicting lunar
and solar eclipses. Notes:
Title and imprint from ISTC. GW assigns printer as Wagner,
GW(Einbl) lists printer as Conrad Zeninger. Goff, A-513 GW, 1414
ISTC, ia00513000 Proctor, 2244.6 Mead, H.R. Incunabula in the
Huntington Library, 1341 Subjects:
Almanacs -- Early works to 1800. ; Phlebotomy -- Early works to
1800. Form/Genre:
Almanacs -- Germany -- 15th century. (rbgenr) ; Broadsides --
Germany -- 15th century. (rbgenr) Provenance:
A partly filled-out tree of consanguinity in ms. with title "Arbor
affinitatis" on verso. Contemporary ms. inscription (Prov. 11:24)
with an autograph below: Alij diuidunt propria et ditores fiunt
alij rapiunt non sua et semper in egestate sunt, Kilianus[?].
Purchased from Vollbehr, March 23, 1925.
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