Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 32+ x 22+ cm Imprint:
[Mainz] : [Peter Schoeffer], [after 1500?] Description:
German almanac for bloodletting, heavily illustrated with woodcuts.
Woodcut illustrations including a pelican, a young couple at a
table, a flock of birds, the birth of Christ, and a Zodiac man with
information on where to bleed depending on Zodiac sign. Imperfect:
only the left half of the lower part remaining; torn along edges
with some loss of text and illustrations. Mounted on a blank
leaf. Notes:
Title from ISTC. Imprint from ISTC; GW lists date of imprint as
"1498/99?" and Schreiber has imprint as "Strassburg or Basel in
about 1490". Goff, A-52 ISTC, ia00052000 GW, 0022010N Schreiber,
W.L. Handbuch der Holz- und Metallschnitte des XV. Jahrhunderts, v.
8, 1925c Proctor, 144.5 Mead, H.R. Incunabula in the Huntington
Library, 40 Subjects:
Almanacs, German -- Early works to 1800. ; Phlebotomy -- Early
works to 1800. Form/Genre:
Almanacs -- Germany -- 16th century. (rbgenr) ; Broadsides --
Germany -- 16th century. (rbgenr) Provenance:
Purchased from Vollbehr, March 23, 1925.
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