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Title

Prenosticatio zu tüetsch : die do vssdruckt was Glücks vnd Vnglücks die grosse Coniunction vnd die Eclipsis die gewesst synt, in dysen gegenwirdigen vnd zůkünfftigen Iaren bedütent vnd anzeyge[n]t : vnd sagt von seltzsamen wunderbarlichen Dyngen : vnd weret zwey vn[d] zwentzyg Iar.

Author

Lichtenberger, Johannes, active 15th century

Publication

Gedruckt vff Grüneck [Strasbourg] : [Bartholomaeus Kistler], ym Iar nach Crist Geburt MCCCXCVII, am letzsten Tag des Octobers [31 October 1497]

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Details

Additional Authors

Kistler, Bartholomäus, -1525?

Description

[132] pages : illustrations; 20 cm (4to)

Uniform Title

Prognosticatio. German (Middle High German)

Alternative Title

• Prognosticatio.
• Prenosticatio zu tütsch
• Prenosticatio zu teutsch
• Prognostikon, deutsch

Subjects

• Incunabula > France > Strasbourg
• Woodcuts > France > 15th century
• Prophets in art > Early works to 1800
• Prophecies (Occultism) > Germany > Early works to 1800
• Prophecies
• Woodcuts > Germany > 15th century
• Astrology > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

• Incunabula – France – Strasbourg.
• Woodcuts – France – 15th century.
• Woodcuts – Germany – 15th century.
• Prophecies.

Note

• By Johannes Lichtenberger; see sources cited below.
• "Geben in der fenstern Gassen vnderm gespeneten Eychbaum im Iar Mcccclvvvviij am ersten Tag des Aprilis durch den Pylgrym Ruth der in Welde[n] verborgen lyt, des Ougen synt dunckel worden, der Griffel zyttert von Alter. Got wöll wol de[n] Gůten vnd den Schweczern als sie verdyenen"--Leaf i8v.
• Place of printing and name of printer from Incunabula short title catalogue and other sources cited below; Grüneck is identified as the name of Kistler's workshop in Strasbourg. Remainder of imprint information from colophon.
• First published in Latin under the title Pronosticatio in Latino and in German under the title Pronosticatio zu theutsch (both: [Heidelberg] : [Heinrich Knoblochtzer], [1488]).
• Signatures: a-f⁸ g-h⁴ i¹⁰ (leaf i10 blank).
• Gothic type (Proctor 756); 30 lines.
• Illustrations: 45 woodcuts, comprising a full-page cut on leaf a1v and 44 half-page cuts (one on title page). Possibly designed by Kistler, the printer; see article on Kistler by Leo Baer in Thieme-Becker, v. 20, page 390. See also: Hind, Arthur M. Introduction to a history of woodcut, 1935, v. 2, page 344. British Library copy, incomplete, contains 44 cuts only.
• One large pictorial initial (O, an astronomer) and many small ornamental initials.

Indexed In (note)

• Incunabula short title catalogue
• Universal short title catalogue
• Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum
• Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke
• Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries
• Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum
• Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum
• Klebs, A.C. Incunabula scientifica et medica
• Kristeller, P. Strassburger Bücher-Illustration im XV. und im Anfange des XVI. Jahrhunderts
• Panzer, G.W. Annalen der älteren deutschen Literatur
• Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum
• Schramm, A. Bilderschmuck der Frühdrucke
• Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle
• Schmidt, C. Répertoire bibliographique strasbourgeois jusque vers 1530
• Sudhoff, K. Deutsche medizinische Inkunabeln

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin copy) via the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz website.

Provenance (note)

• G.W. Panzer (inscription at foot of binder's blank leaf preceding title page: "e Bibl. Panzeri, 1807"). Inscribed at top of the leaf is a reference to the entry in Panzer's Annalen der älteren deutschen Literatur: "Pz. Ann. d. ä. deutsch. Litt. I. 229. 438"; in the entry, Panzer states "Diese Ausgabe ... besitze ich selbst."

Binding (note)

• Blue morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, London (signed on lower front turn-in).

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Ger. 1497 (Lichtenberger)

OCLC

504179623

Author

Lichtenberger, Johannes, active 15th century, author.

Title

Prenosticatio zu tüetsch : die do vssdruckt was Glücks vnd Vnglücks die grosse Coniunction vnd die Eclipsis die gewesst synt, in dysen gegenwirdigen vnd zůkünfftigen Iaren bedütent vnd anzeyge[n]t : vnd sagt von seltzsamen wunderbarlichen Dyngen : vnd weret zwey vn[d] zwentzyg Iar.

Publisher

Gedruckt vff Grüneck [Strasbourg] : [Bartholomaeus Kistler], ym Iar nach Crist Geburt MCCCXCVII, am letzsten Tag des Octobers [31 October 1497]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Physical Medium

4to rdabf

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy: Leaf i10, blank, wanting.

Indexed In:

Incunabula short title catalogue, il00209000 https://data.cerl.org/istc/il00209000

Universal short title catalogue, 746694 https://ustc.ac.uk/index.php/record/746694

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, v. 1, page 164 (IA. 2427)

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M18245 http://www.gesamtkatalogderwiegendrucke.de/docs/M18245.htm

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, L-209

Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 10088

Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, v. 2, Addenda to v. 1, page 271, entry 10088

Klebs, A.C. Incunabula scientifica et medica, entry 606.8

Kristeller, P. Strassburger Bücher-Illustration im XV. und im Anfange des XVI. Jahrhunderts, entry 225

Panzer, G.W. Annalen der älteren deutschen Literatur, v. 1, page 229, entry 438

Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 756

Schramm, A. Bilderschmuck der Frühdrucke, v. 20, pages 16, 28; plates 228-234, figures 1754-1755, 1760-1801, 1757

Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, v. 5, pt. 2, page 66, entry 4505

Schmidt, C. Répertoire bibliographique strasbourgeois jusque vers 1530, v. 4, pt. 5 (Kistler), entry 2

Sudhoff, K. Deutsche medizinische Inkunabeln, entry 436

Additional Formats

Also available online (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin copy) via the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz website.

Provenance

G.W. Panzer (inscription at foot of binder's blank leaf preceding title page: "e Bibl. Panzeri, 1807"). Inscribed at top of the leaf is a reference to the entry in Panzer's Annalen der älteren deutschen Literatur: "Pz. Ann. d. ä. deutsch. Litt. I. 229. 438"; in the entry, Panzer states "Diese Ausgabe ... besitze ich selbst." NN

Binding

Blue morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, London (signed on lower front turn-in). NN

Place of Publication

France Strasbourg.

Added Author

Kistler, Bartholomäus, -1525?, printer, publisher, illustrator.

Panzer, Georg Wolfgang, 1729-1805, former owner.

Zaehnsdorf, Joseph William, 1853-1930, binder.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Ger. 1497 (Lichtenberger)