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Book/Printed Material Der Sele Trost.

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Title

  • Der Sele Trost.

Summary

  • Illustrated with ten full-page woodcuts depicting the commandments, apparently the first printed book to do so. It appears that this is the first use of these images in a printed book. They are cut in simple outline with some parallel lines used for shading; as is typical for the period there is a lot of white space and very little background. The woodcuts are highlighted in yellow by what appears to be contemporary hand. Some of the costumes and floral decorations in the illustrations reflect the French style. Nine line woodcut Floriated initials are highlighted in red or yellow. The red line initial letters in outline appear throughout.

Names

  • Sorg, Anton, active 15th century, printer.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Augsburg, Anton Sorg, 20 Nov. (Freitag nach Elisabeth) 1478.

Headings

  • -  Ten Commandments--Early works to 1800
  • -  Germany--Augsburg

Genre

  • Incunabula--Germany--Augsburg--1478

Notes

  • -  Leaf iija: Das ist der Sele Trost genannt ...
  • -  Comprises only the first part of the earlier (Cologne, 1474) Low German ed. and is an independent version of it.
  • -  Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 346 (IB.5874)
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, S-358
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 71
  • -  Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, *14582
  • -  Schramm, IV, p. 10, 50, and illus.
  • -  LC copy: contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over boards, clasp.

Medium

  • [8], iij-clxix, [1] leaves (the first and last blank, wanting). woodcuts: illus. 29.3 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1478 .S3

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48035850

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Sorg, Anton, Active 15Th Century, Printer, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Der Sele Trost. Augsburg, Anton Sorg, 20 Nov. Freitag nach Elisabeth, 1478. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/48035850/.

APA citation style:

Sorg, A. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1478) Der Sele Trost. Augsburg, Anton Sorg, 20 Nov. Freitag nach Elisabeth. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/48035850/.

MLA citation style:

Sorg, Anton, Active 15Th Century, Printer, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Der Sele Trost. Augsburg, Anton Sorg, 20 Nov. Freitag nach Elisabeth, 1478. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/48035850/>.