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Book/Printed Material Von den erlychte[n] Frouen.

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Title

  • Von den erlychte[n] Frouen.

Names

  • Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
  • Steinhöwel, Heinrich, 1412-1482?, translator.
  • Prüss, Johann, 1446 or 1447-1510, printer.
  • Obermair, Caspar, active 1599, former owner.
  • Hofbauer, Ulrich, approximately 1580-1637, inscriber.
  • Benediktinerabtei Michaelbeuern, associated name.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Strassburg, Johann Prüss, 1488.

Headings

  • -  Women--History--Early works to 1800
  • -  Women--Biography--Early works to 1800
  • -  France--Strasbourg

Genre

  • Incunabula--France--Strasbourg--1488

Notes

  • -  Title extracted from leaf [Ia] (t.p.): Iohannes Boccatius Von den erlychte[n] Frouen.
  • -  Translated by Heinrich Steinhöwel.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 128
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-722
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 3336
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 4488
  • -  LC copy has hand-colored illustrations.
  • -  LC copy has provenance inscriptions on title page: "Ex libris Caspari Obermair, 1599" [crossed out] and "P[er] Bibliotheca Benidictiae in [?] Emil Vdalricij Hofpaur Abbas [P?sis] [ae?].
  • -  LC copy: Old tooled leather over boards; clasp broken.

Medium

  • [8], xcv, [1] leaves (the last blank, wanting). woodcuts: illus. 29.7 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1488 .B6

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 47043778

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Boccaccio, Giovanni, Johann Prüss, Caspar Obermair, Ulrich Hofbauer, Associated Name Benediktinerabtei Michaelbeuern, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Von den erlychten Frouen. translateds by Steinhöwel, Heinrich, ? Strassburg, Johann Prüss, 1488. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/47043778/.

APA citation style:

Boccaccio, G., Prüss, J., Obermair, C., Hofbauer, U., Benediktinerabtei Michaelbeuern, A. N. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1488) Von den erlychten Frouen. Steinhöwel, H., trans Strassburg, Johann Prüss. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/47043778/.

MLA citation style:

Boccaccio, Giovanni, et al. Von den erlychten Frouen. trans by Steinhöwel, Heinrich, ? Strassburg, Johann Prüss, 1488. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/47043778/>.