Hie hebt an das Wintertail der hailigen Leben
Contributors: Otmar, Johann, active 1482-1514, printer; Rynman, Johann, active 1497-1522, bookseller; Salloch, William, former owner
Publisher: Johann Otmar for Johann Rynman
Published: 1507
Place of publication: Augsburg
Language: ger
Subjects: Christian saints; Early works to 1800; Saints; Legends; Biography
Work titles: Legenda aurea
Notes: Imprint derived from colophon (P6 recto): Gedruckt zu Augspurg von maister Hannssen otmar in kosten des fursichtigen hern Johan[n] Rynman Do man zalt vo[m] christi geburt. MD.vnd.vij.

Signatures: a℗£́ʻ b-v́ı ẃı x-źı A-Óı Ṕœ.

Leaves z6, z7 signed z3, z2 respectively; I4 signed H4.

Errors in foliation.

Chancery folio; printed in double columns, 39 lines per column; woodcut initials.

Verzeichniss der incunabeln der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallon, 707

Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), H 1472

Cataloged 20180322 jmoschella

condition reviewed 20180316 cletizia

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.507.J15L bound in modern calfskin. Spine title stamped in gilt. Bookplate of the BPL Benton Fund. Early/contemporary inscription at head of title page struck out. Early inscription in lower margin of title page (not trasncribed at time of cataloging). Early/contemporary marginalia throughout. Woodcuts and initials hand-colored. Bookseller's ticket of William Salloch on lower pastedown. Purchased from William Salloch in 1971 (his catalog no. 287, item 349).