Hortulus anime
Contributors: Clein, Johann, -1530, printer; Fugger, Anton, 1493-1560, former owner; Lippay, Gyo rgy, 1600-1666, former owner
Publisher: durch Johannes Clein fur den ersame[n] und weysen herren her Anthonium Koberger zum Nu renberg
Published: 1513
Place of publication: Gedruckt und geendet zu  Lion
Language: ger
Number of pages: 17
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Catholic Church; Prayers and devotions
Work titles: Hortulus animae
Notes: Publication information from colophon.

At least one other edition of the Hortulus animae was issued by Clein and Koberger in 1513. That edition, which contains a longer title page, altered wording in the colophon, and different foliation, bears the date of February 9th.

Signatures: a-zı́ A-Kı́

Printed in red and black ink.

The device of Johann Clein appears in the colophon.

For more information on the Koberger/Clein editions of the Hortulus animae, consult Ruth Mortimer, French 16th Century books (Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1964.), 413.

USTC 206781

Bohatta, H.  Livres d'Heures (2. Aufl.),  38

Mortimer, R.  French 16th cent.,  319 (variant ed.)

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in limp tacketed vellum with fore-edge cover extensions. A gilt super-ex-libris of the house of Fugger under the name Anthoni Fugger, dated 1586, is present on the upper cover. The super-ex-libris of Gyo rgy Lippay, archbishop of Esztergom, appears on the lower cover. The spine contains a manuscript label at its head. The unattributed woodcuts, with which this book is profusely illustrated, are all hand-colored, as are a majority of the initials.