COLLECTION NAME:
Printed books
Record
Identifier:
1473.2.03
Title:
Ars moriendi
Description:
This book contains three items.
Description:
1473.2.01 Thomas à Kempis. Soliloquium animae, [1474]
1473.2.02 Johannes Lichtenberger. Prognosticatio, [1488]
1473.2.03 Ars moriendi, [block book, about 1465]
Binding information:
Bound in blind-tooled calf over wooden boards with a single fore-edge clasp; outer frame of roll and fillets enclosing a central diaper framework, the lozenges filled with small tooled ornaments including "WG" monograms, roses and fleurs-de-lis. The binding was made by the binders "W.G" or "I.G." in Cambridge probably at the end of the 15th century according to the monogram stamp (Oldham, English Blind-Stamped Bindings, pl. X, no 20; Nigel F. Palmer, p. 67). rebacked and lettered in gilt in spine with rasied bands; a rectangular label on the rear pastedown indicates the date of the restoration work: "Bookbinding Restoration, C. E. Smart, Catford SE6, Nov 1953".
Description:
1473.2.01 Thomas à Kempis. Soliloquium animae, [1474]
1473.2.02 Johannes Lichtenberger. Prognosticatio, [1488]
1473.2.03 Ars moriendi, [block book, about 1465]
Binding information:
Bound in blind-tooled calf over wooden boards with a single fore-edge clasp; outer frame of roll and fillets enclosing a central diaper framework, the lozenges filled with small tooled ornaments including "WG" monograms, roses and fleurs-de-lis. The binding was made by the binders "W.G" or "I.G." in Cambridge probably at the end of the 15th century according to the monogram stamp (Oldham, English Blind-Stamped Bindings, pl. X, no 20; Nigel F. Palmer, p. 67). rebacked and lettered in gilt in spine with rasied bands; a rectangular label on the rear pastedown indicates the date of the restoration work: "Bookbinding Restoration, C. E. Smart, Catford SE6, Nov 1953".
Publisher:
District of the Rhine or Netherlands
Date:
1465?
Format:
Incunabula
Rights:
LPL