Accession number
PML 9
Creator
Franciscus, de Retza, approximately 1343-1427.
Object title
De generatione Christi sive defensorium castitatis beatae virginis Mariae.
Published
[Regensburg] : Johannes eysenhüt impressor, Anno ab incarnac[i]o[n]is d[omin]ice M° quadringentesimoseptuagesimo j° [1471]
Description
[26] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts)
Credit line
Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
Notes
Attributed to Augsburg in Morgan Bennett catalogue.
Binding
Bound by Deborah Evetts, March 1991.
Variant title
Defensiorum castitatis beatae virginis Mariae
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: flyleaf. Balance in circle surmounted by six-pointed star.
Watermark: folio 3. Bull's head with vertical bar and five petaled flower.
Watermark: folio 6. Bunch of grapes.
Watermark: folio 10. Bull's head with vertical bar and five petaled flower. Same as f. 3.
Watermark: folio 21. Bunch of grapes.
Watermark: folio 3. Bull's head with vertical bar and five petaled flower.
Watermark: folio 6. Bunch of grapes.
Watermark: folio 10. Bull's head with vertical bar and five petaled flower. Same as f. 3.
Watermark: folio 21. Bunch of grapes.
Provenance
Joannes de Cerretanis, inscription and Italian annotations, 1610; anonymous sale: "Library of a Gentleman," Sotheby's, 27 Nov. 1896, lot 228 to Pickering for £320; Richard Bennett; Pierpont Morgan.
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