Liber de exemplis et similitudinibus rerum
Contributors: Koelhoff, Johann, -1493, printer; Van Ess Collection (Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary)
Publisher: Johann Koelhoff, the Elder
Published: 1485
Place of publication: Cologne]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 522
Subjects: Exempla; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Incipit opus perutile [et] validu[m] [pre]dicatori[bus] de [qui]cu[m][que] materia dicturis venerabilis at[que] doctissimi mag[ist]ri helwici teutonici [pro]fessoris sacre theologie ord[in]is [pre]dicato[rum] [quod] intitulatur ab auctore liber de exe[m]plis et similitudinibus reru[m]
Notes: 2 colums, 42 lines; Haebler, types 5, 7, 9 (176 G, 95 G, 150 G)

Capital spaces; running titles.

Signatures: 1⁸ 2⁶ a-k¹⁰ l-z⁸ A⁸ B¹⁰ C-Z⁸ Aa-Mm⁸ Nn⁶ Oo-Pp⁸.

On the authorship, which is also ascribed to Helwicus Teutonicus, see Martin Grabmann, Mittelalterliches Geistesleben, München, 1926-36, II, pp. 581 ff. Cf. also Thomas Kaeppeli, Scriptores Ordinis Praedicatorum medii aevi, vol. 2, Roma, 1975, p. 539. (Sack(Freiburg)).

Burke Library copy: Imperfect: All after leaf [218] (z8) wanting.

Burke Library copy: Inscription on front pastedown: Liber Monasterij in Huisseburg quod est prope Halberstadium.

Burke Library copy: Rubricated throughout with large initials in red; some initials with additional decoration in red and black.

Burke Library copy: Binding: Blind-tooled leather over wooden boards; clasps and bosses removed; spine panel lettered in gold: Helici Libri III. V. XXXII.

Hain-Copinger *7542

Incunabula short title catalogue, ij00428000

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M14691

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J428

Proctor 1061

Vouliéme, Der Buchdruck Kölns 686

Stillwell, Inc. in Amer. lib. J 385

Polain(B) 2309

Gatch. Van Ess catalog, B-54

Klebs 562.2

Pell Ms 6726 (6690)

CIBN J-282

IDL 2709

IGI 5354

IBP 3235

Voull(B) 815

Coll(U) 851

Oates 542