Das Buch der Schatzbehalter, oder, Schrein der waren Reichtumer des heils und ewyger Seligkeit genant
Contributors: Wolgemut, Michael, 1434-1519, illustrator; Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, -1494, illustrator; Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513, printer
Publisher: Anton Koberger
Published: 1491
Place of publication: Nuremberg
Language: gmh; ger
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Meditations; Early works to 1800; Devotional literature; Passion
Other titles: Schrein der waren Reichtumer des heils und ewyger Seligkeit; Incunabula (Collection of Distinction) 
Work titles: Schatzbehalter
Notes: Title from colophon; imprint from ISTC and Goff.

Colophon: Also endet sych hye das Buch. der Schatzbehalter oder schrein der waren reichtumer des heils vnnd ewyger seilgkeit genant ... Vnd durch den Erbern vnnd Achtpern Anthonien Koberger. yn der keyserlichen Reichsstatt Nurmberg. Nach der geburt Christi vierzehenhundert vnd yn den eynvnndneuntzigisten iar. Am Eritag dem achtenden tag dess Monats Nouembris au[ss]gedrucket ...

ISTC and BM 15th cent. attribute the woodcuts to Michael Wolgemut; GW and BSB-Ink attribute to both Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff.

Signatures: a-źœ ab-ad́œ aéı A-Źœ 2A-2Ǵœ 2H℗£́ʻ (first and final leaves blank).

Capital spaces with printed guide letters; 91 full-page woodcuts.

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, entry S-306

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, entry 10329

Incunabula short title catalogue entry is00306000

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, v. II, page 434 (IB. 7413)

Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, entry 2070

Cataloged 2015 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in contemporary blind tooled pigskin. The tooling matches that of workshop no. w002518 in the Einbanddatenbank. Both original brass catches are present, with one original clasp and thong preserved. The other thong (detached) appears to be a later replacement.The spine is ruled in blind, with a gilt-stamped paper label at the head and paper label at the tail. The front pastedown is comprised of a sheet of printed waste showing the inner forme of sheet AA3.4 from the text of the Schatzbehalter. The rear pastedown is comprised of both printed waste and medieval manuscript waste. Early marginalia, in the form of annotations, highlights, and manicules, is present throughout the volume.