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Incipit prologus formicarij iuxta edic[i]onem Fratris Ioh[ann]is Nyder

by Johannes Nider & Ulrich Zell

  • First published:
  • 15th century
  • Language: Latin
  • Content type: Primary source

Title from incipit ([1]₁ recto). Imprint from ISTC Signatures: [1-8¹⁰ 9⁸ 10-14¹⁰ 15¹²] ([15]₁₂=blank; all leaves unsigned). Chancery folio; printed in double columns (except fol. 44 verso), [1]₅ recto: 36 lines of type 115 with head-line 207 (216) x 136 mm; 44 verso: 45 long lines of type 96 with head-line, 221 (230) x 150 mm; types: 115 (all except 44 verso), 96 (98) (44 verso); initial spaces without guide letters. Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, I, 194 (IB. 3006). Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, N174 Incunabula short title catalogue, in00174000 COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.404.59 c.2 (formerly JOAN OF ARC BX890 .B673 1475x) measures 28 cm, bound. Initial on [1]₁ recto rubricated in interlocking red and blue. Rubricated in red throughout remainder of text. Leaf dimensions: 270 x 205 mm. PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.404.59 c.2 (formerly JOAN OF ARC BX890 .B673 1475x) with Early/contemporary marginal annotations. BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.404.59 c.2 (formerly JOAN OF ARC BX890 .B673 1475x) bound in ca. 19th-century brown calf stamped in blind. Housed in modern slipcase with brown goatskin spine.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Occultism and esotericism and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “Occultism” in the subject metadata.

    • Occultism· via Internet Archive
    • Occultism· in subject
  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata.

    • Witchcraft· via Internet Archive
    • Witchcraft· in subject

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1473-01-01T00:00:00Z[Cologne : Ulrich Zell]LatinPublic digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: Boston Public Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Boston Public Library
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Scanner: scribe9.boston.archive.org
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internet-archive:incipitprologusf00nide_0
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