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Book/Printed Material Speculu[m] humane vite. Der Menschen Spiegel

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Title

  • Speculu[m] humane vite. Der Menschen Spiegel

Names

  • Sánchez de Arévalo, Rodrigo, 1404-1470
  • Steinhöwel, Heinrich, 1412-1482?, translator
  • Berger, Peter, active 1488-1489, printer
  • Liechtenstein, House of, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Augsburg, Peter Berger, 23 Aug. (S. Bartholomaüs Abend) 1488.

Headings

  • -  Social history--Medieval, 500-1500
  • -  Middle Ages--Early works to 1800
  • -  Germany--Augsburg

Genre

  • Incunabula--Germany--Augsburg--1488

Notes

  • -  Woodcut title.
  • -  Colophon: Hye endet sich der Spiegel menschliches Lebens ...
  • -  Translated by Heinrich Steinhöwel.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 125
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, R-233
  • -  Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 13950
  • -  Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 392 (IB.6805)
  • -  LC copy: the two lines of the title have been cut out and mounted. Wanting the blank at end. A few initials and illus. colored in several colors. Brown blind-stamped leather binding, rebacked; clasp wanting. Ex libris Liechtensteinianis.

Medium

  • [4], cli, [1] leaves (the last blank). woodcuts: illus., initials. 28.7 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1488 .S33

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 49038936

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Sánchez De Arévalo, Rodrigo, Peter Berger, House Of Liechtenstein, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Speculum humane vite. Der Menschen Spiegel. translateds by Steinhöwel, Heinrich, ? Augsburg, Peter Berger, 23 Aug. S. Bartholomaüs Abend, 1488. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/49038936/.

APA citation style:

Sánchez De Arévalo, R., Berger, P., Liechtenstein, H. O. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1488) Speculum humane vite. Der Menschen Spiegel. Steinhöwel, H., trans Augsburg, Peter Berger, 23 Aug. S. Bartholomaüs Abend. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/49038936/.

MLA citation style:

Sánchez De Arévalo, Rodrigo, et al. Speculum humane vite. Der Menschen Spiegel. trans by Steinhöwel, Heinrich, ? Augsburg, Peter Berger, 23 Aug. S. Bartholomaüs Abend, 1488. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/49038936/>.