London, University of London, Senate House Library (GB)
: Incunabula 40
ISTC No.ii00166000
AuthorInstitoris, Henricus and Jacobus Sprenger
TitleMalleus maleficarum
ImprintNuremberg : Anton Koberger, 17 Mar. 1494
Format4°
Languagelat
SubjectLaw-canon
Keywordsinquisition; theology-practical; female; demonology
Periodcontemporary
Description of Copy
Copy Id02149246
Holding InstitutionLondon, University of London, Senate House Library (GB)
ShelfmarkIncunabula 40
NoteCreated by Adelaide Pashley
Size of leaves221 × 170 mm
Copy FeaturesParts of text in manuscript
Binding waste
Copy Features - NotePrinter's waste as front pastedown.
Support material (book)Paper
provenance
1485 -
1500
areae
timeperiod1485 - 1500
notePartial table of contents in early hand in Latin on t.p. Lightly annotated in Latin in early hand.
provDate15th century
msFrequencyb
msLocationa
hasMsStructuringbooleanyes
certaintya
psourcea
provenance
1480 -
1520
timeperiod1480 - 1520
provenanceType1
provDate15th century
methodofacqx
bindingNotebound in 15th-cent. German calf over beech boards. Border and frame of quadruple blind fillets. Panel decorated with columns of separate tools (flowers, lozenges and floral sprays). Calf repaired. Blind tools on spine. Title inked in top part of frame of the upper board, and on morocco spine label. Two metal clasps. Printer's waste as front pastedown.
bindingDates
bindingTypec
boardMaterialc
coverMateriala
furniture0
Binding statuse
Binding Dimensions232 × 170 × mm
TitlingManuscript
ToolingBlind
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1948 -
Areae-uk-en
Time period1948 -
Provenance TypeExlibris
Shelfmark
NoteThe copy is from the collection of Harry Price. Copy at [Incunabula] 40 purchased by Price from Marks, 84 Charing Cross Road, cat. 35, no. 1509, 19 Feb. 1937, for £10.10s.0d (see Harry Price Archive, HPB/5A/7). Price deposited his library in Senate House Library in 1936 and bequeathed to the University of London in 1948, with an endowment to increase the collection.
Date of evidence20th century
Method of acquisitionBequest
certaintya
psourcea
otherInformation
completeness1
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