Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandu[m] et gloriosum sepulcru[m] Dominicu[m] in Iherusale[m] ...
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Description
- Title
- Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandu[m] et gloriosum sepulcru[m] Dominicu[m] in Iherusale[m] ...
- Alternative Title
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[Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam]
Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandum et gloriosum sepulcrum Dominicum in Iherusalem ... - Creator
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Breydenbach, Bernhard von, d. 1497
Reuwich, Erhard, fl. 1483-1486 - Contributor
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Breydenbach, Bernhard von, d. 1497 --Travel
Reuwich, Erhard, fl. 1483-1486 - Published / Created
- anno salutis 1486 die xj Februarij.
- Publication Place
- Impressum in ciuitate Moguntina :
- Publisher
- P[er] Erhardu[m] Reüwich de Traiecto Inferiori,
- Abstract
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An account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, with outstanding illustrations, and with information on various eastern peoples met en route.
- Description
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Bookplate: Frank Altschul. Inscription: Pro Conventu Olomucensi ad S. Bernardinum. Illegible stamp.
Capital spaces without guide letters.
Imperfect: Final blank leaf wanting.
Imprint from colophon, where name of printer precedes place of publication.
The first illustrated travel book printed, and the first to include images of real places. Also the first to include folding plates; the panorama of Venice is over five feet long. The view of Jerusalem is the earliest printed map of the Holy Land based on a contemporary eyewitness account.
Title from incipit to preface (leaf 4r).
Types of Peter Schöffer used. Cf. GW 5075.
Variant: Last letter (e in "pere-") inverted in line 1 of fol. 4v.
Woodcuts by Erhard Reuwich. - Extent
- [148] leaves (5 folded) : ill. ; 32 cm. (fol.)
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Zi +156
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
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Clasps (Binding)
Decorated initials
Hand coloring
Historiography
Illustrations
Incunabula
Manuscript waste (Binding)
Woodcuts--1486 - Resource Type
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Subject (Geographic)
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Jerusalem--Maps
Methone (Greece)
Palestine --Description and travel --Early works to 1800
Rhodes (Greece)
Sinai (Egypt) --Description and travel --Early works to 1800
Venice (Italy) - Subject (Name)
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Breydenbach, Bernhard von, d. 1497 --Travel
Reuwich, Erhard, fl. 1483-1486 - Subject (Topic)
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Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Palestine--Early works to 1800
Incunabula in Yale Library
Monasteries--Czech Republic--Olomouc--Inscription
Travelers' writings, German--Early works to 1800
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
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BM 15th cent. I, p. 43 (IB.331)
Goff B-1189
GW 5075
Hain-Copinger 3956
ISTC (RLIN) ib01189000
Pellechet 2979
Procter 156
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 1305196
- Object ID (OID)
- 2057980
- More Information
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1305196
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