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Thirty-eight woodcuts illustrating the life of Christ

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Title
Thirty-eight woodcuts illustrating the life of Christ
Alternative Title
  • Bible. N.T. Gospels. English (Middle English). Selections. 1815. Wycliffe
  • Biblia pauperum
Date
1815  
Publication Place
London
Description
  • W. L. Schreiber, Handbuch (1926-1930), v. 6, p. 87.
  • A. M. Hind, An Introduction to a History of Woodcut (1935), v. 1, p. 248-249.
  • J. Buchanan-Brown, "A Forged Series of Woodcuts?", In The Library, 5th ser., v. 29 (1974), p. 165-196.
  • J. Feather, "Thirty-Eight Old Woodcuts: Some Notes on an Early 19th-Century Block-Book", In The Book Collector, v. 26:3 (1977), p. 371-379.
  • No other recorded copy of this work identified at time of cataloging.
  • Provenance: On inside of front cover, armorial bookplate of Frederick Collins Wilson, covered by another later armorial bookplate with initials "HWL" and "KEL" dated 1917; purchased from Bernard Quaritch, December 2005.
  • Binding: 19th-century half black morocco and cloth; bookseller's description pasted to first front fly leaf.
  • Printed in red below each plate is a related selection from John Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament.
  • Presumably printed in London; some leaves bear a watermark date of 1815.
  • Title from bookseller's description.
  • The earliest edition and issue of a series of 15th-century woodcut blocks illustrating the life of Christ. The original blocks are of German or Dutch origin and probably date from the 1470s. Their use is unrecorded before the present edition.
  • Published circa 1815.
  • Likely published in London (England).
Extent
[38] leaves : bill. (woodcuts)
Dimensions
29 cm
Language
Middle English
Topical Subject
15th Century  
Genre Subject
  • Wood-engraving  
  • Bible--Picture Bibles  
  • Bible--Illustrations  
Associated Entities
  • Wilson, Frederick Collins
  • Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.
Collection Title
Digital Rare Book Collection
Sub-Collection
Project Unica (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Library)
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Bibliographic Identifier
99511701612205899
Collection
Digital Rare Book Collection
TitleThirty-eight woodcuts illustrating the life of Christ
Alternative Title
  • Bible. N.T. Gospels. English (Middle English). Selections. 1815. Wycliffe
  • Biblia pauperum
Date1815  
Publication PlaceLondon
Description
  • W. L. Schreiber, Handbuch (1926-1930), v. 6, p. 87.
  • A. M. Hind, An Introduction to a History of Woodcut (1935), v. 1, p. 248-249.
  • J. Buchanan-Brown, "A Forged Series of Woodcuts?", In The Library, 5th ser., v. 29 (1974), p. 165-196.
  • J. Feather, "Thirty-Eight Old Woodcuts: Some Notes on an Early 19th-Century Block-Book", In The Book Collector, v. 26:3 (1977), p. 371-379.
  • No other recorded copy of this work identified at time of cataloging.
  • Provenance: On inside of front cover, armorial bookplate of Frederick Collins Wilson, covered by another later armorial bookplate with initials "HWL" and "KEL" dated 1917; purchased from Bernard Quaritch, December 2005.
  • Binding: 19th-century half black morocco and cloth; bookseller's description pasted to first front fly leaf.
  • Printed in red below each plate is a related selection from John Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament.
  • Presumably printed in London; some leaves bear a watermark date of 1815.
  • Title from bookseller's description.
  • The earliest edition and issue of a series of 15th-century woodcut blocks illustrating the life of Christ. The original blocks are of German or Dutch origin and probably date from the 1470s. Their use is unrecorded before the present edition.
  • Published circa 1815.
  • Likely published in London (England).
Extent[38] leaves : bill. (woodcuts)
Dimensions29 cm
LanguageMiddle English
Topical Subject15th Century  
Genre Subject
  • Wood-engraving  
  • Bible--Picture Bibles  
  • Bible--Illustrations  
Associated Entities
  • Wilson, Frederick Collins
  • Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.
Collection TitleDigital Rare Book Collection
Sub-CollectionProject Unica (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Library)
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Bibliographic Identifier99511701612205899
CollectionDigital Rare Book Collection

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