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mei/00560529 Inc.4.A.7.2[4165] [00560529]

Cambridge, University Library (GB) : Inc.4.A.7.2[4165]

ISTC No.ii00166000
AuthorInstitoris, Henricus and Jacobus Sprenger
TitleMalleus maleficarum
ImprintNuremberg : Anton Koberger, 17 Mar. 1494
Format4°
Languagelat
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SubjectLaw-canon
Keywordsinquisition; theology-practical; female; demonology
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id00560529
Holding InstitutionCambridge, University Library (GB)
CollectionInc.2-7
ShelfmarkInc.4.A.7.2[4165]
NoteTitle from title page on leaf phi 1 recto.
Imprints from colophon on leaf r9 recto, which reads in full: Anno deitat[is] .Mcccc.xciiij. presens liber que[m] editor Mal-leu[m] malleficaru[m] intitulauit per Antonium koberger Nurber=gen[sem]. ciue[m] est i[m]pressus & ad hu[n] finem perductus .xvij. die me[n]-sis Marcij.
On the authorship, see G. Jerouschek (ed.), Malleus maleficarum 1487, Hildesheim, 1992, pp. XL-XLIII.
Author's name also recorded as Heinrich Kramer.
Text in two columns.
Printed running titles and foliation "I"-"CXXXVII" on leaves a1-r9.
Spaces left blank for initials, with printed guide letters inconsistently applied.
Signatures: phi [Greek letter]⁸ a-q⁸ r¹⁰. Leaf phi 8 and last leaf r10 blank. First leaf phi1 unsigned; leaf e2 unsigned; leaf m2 signed "i ij".
Title page, phi1r; Henricus Institoris and Jacobus Sprenger. "Apologia autoris in malleu[m] maleficaru[m], phi2r; Innocentius VIII, Pont. Max. Bulla "Summis desiderantes affectibus", dated Rome, 5 December 1484, phi2v-phi3v; "In sequentem tractatum approbatio et subscriptio doctorum alme vniuersitatis Colonien[sis]. iuxta formam publice instrumenti", dated Cologne, 19 May 1487, phi3v-phi5r; Table of contents, phi5v-phi7v; Henricus Institoris and Jacobus Sprenger. Malleus maleficarum, a1r-r9r; colophon, r9r.
BM 15th cent., II, 438
BN cat. des incun., I-56
Bod-inc, I-022
BSB-Ink, I-227
Goff, I166
GW, M12471
Hain-Copinger, 9245*
ISTC, ii00166000
Oates, 1033
[8], CXXXVII, [1] leaves ;
Original item identifier in source database: 5203318

Provenance 1857-1936

Provenance namePearson, Karl, 1857-1936 [Person; Former Owner]

Provenance

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk-en
Provenance nameCambridge University Library [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
NoteMarked 'Dpl' in pencil in upper right corner of leaf phi1 recto. Bequeathed by Karl Pearson, F.R.S., statistician, eugenicist and Fellow of King's College, in 1936.
Binding noteQuarter brown morocco and green cloth over pasteboards, Cambridge, Binding Guild, 1937.
decorationNoteDecoration and annotations: Initials on leaves e7 verso and f2 recto, highlighting of printed capitals on leaves f2 recto, f3 verso - f4 recto and m2 recto, marginal manicula and note '[contra] fulmen' on leaf f3 verso, and notes '[con]iurac[i]o licita' and 'or[ati]o' on leaf m2 recto, all supplied in red by hand, Germany, late 15th century.
msNoteDecoration and annotations: Initials on leaves e7 verso and f2 recto, highlighting of printed capitals on leaves f2 recto, f3 verso - f4 recto and m2 recto, marginal manicula and note '[contra] fulmen' on leaf f3 verso, and notes '[con]iurac[i]o licita' and 'or[ati]o' on leaf m2 recto, all supplied in red by hand, Germany, late 15th century.
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copyId00560529
holdingInstitutionIdCambridgeUL
holdingInstitutionCollectionInc.2-7
shelfmarkInc.4.A.7.2[4165]
noteTitle from title page on leaf phi 1 recto.
Imprints from colophon on leaf r9 recto, which reads in full: Anno deitat[is] .Mcccc.xciiij. presens liber que[m] editor Mal-leu[m] malleficaru[m] intitulauit per Antonium koberger Nurber=gen[sem]. ciue[m] est i[m]pressus & ad hu[n] finem perductus .xvij. die me[n]-sis Marcij.
On the authorship, see G. Jerouschek (ed.), Malleus maleficarum 1487, Hildesheim, 1992, pp. XL-XLIII.
Author's name also recorded as Heinrich Kramer.
Text in two columns.
Printed running titles and foliation "I"-"CXXXVII" on leaves a1-r9.
Spaces left blank for initials, with printed guide letters inconsistently applied.
Signatures: phi [Greek letter]⁸ a-q⁸ r¹⁰. Leaf phi 8 and last leaf r10 blank. First leaf phi1 unsigned; leaf e2 unsigned; leaf m2 signed "i ij".
Title page, phi1r; Henricus Institoris and Jacobus Sprenger. "Apologia autoris in malleu[m] maleficaru[m], phi2r; Innocentius VIII, Pont. Max. Bulla "Summis desiderantes affectibus", dated Rome, 5 December 1484, phi2v-phi3v; "In sequentem tractatum approbatio et subscriptio doctorum alme vniuersitatis Colonien[sis]. iuxta formam publice instrumenti", dated Cologne, 19 May 1487, phi3v-phi5r; Table of contents, phi5v-phi7v; Henricus Institoris and Jacobus Sprenger. Malleus maleficarum, a1r-r9r; colophon, r9r.
BM 15th cent., II, 438
BN cat. des incun., I-56
Bod-inc, I-022
BSB-Ink, I-227
Goff, I166
GW, M12471
Hain-Copinger, 9245*
ISTC, ii00166000
Oates, 1033
[8], CXXXVII, [1] leaves ;
Original item identifier in source database: 5203318

provenance

ownerPearson, Karl, 1857-1936

provenance

placenameCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
areae-uk-en
ownerCambridge University Library (, )
noteMarked 'Dpl' in pencil in upper right corner of leaf phi1 recto. Bequeathed by Karl Pearson, F.R.S., statistician, eugenicist and Fellow of King's College, in 1936.
bindingNoteQuarter brown morocco and green cloth over pasteboards, Cambridge, Binding Guild, 1937.
decorationNoteDecoration and annotations: Initials on leaves e7 verso and f2 recto, highlighting of printed capitals on leaves f2 recto, f3 verso - f4 recto and m2 recto, marginal manicula and note '[contra] fulmen' on leaf f3 verso, and notes '[con]iurac[i]o licita' and 'or[ati]o' on leaf m2 recto, all supplied in red by hand, Germany, late 15th century.
msNoteDecoration and annotations: Initials on leaves e7 verso and f2 recto, highlighting of printed capitals on leaves f2 recto, f3 verso - f4 recto and m2 recto, marginal manicula and note '[contra] fulmen' on leaf f3 verso, and notes '[con]iurac[i]o licita' and 'or[ati]o' on leaf m2 recto, all supplied in red by hand, Germany, late 15th century.
certaintya

otherInformation

Last Edit2017-04-30 12:00:00