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Schatzbehalter der wahren Reichtümer des Heils (Treasure Box or Shrine of the True Riches of Salvation and Eternal Blessedness)
Author: Stephan Fridolin (German, about 1430–1498)
Illustrated by: Michel Wolgemut (German, 1434–1519)
Printer and Publisher: Anton Koberger (German, about 1440–1513)
Illustrated by: Michel Wolgemut (German, 1434–1519)
Printer and Publisher: Anton Koberger (German, about 1440–1513)
1491
Place of Publication: Nuremberg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book containing 95 full-page woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 35 x 24.5 x 8.8 cm (13 3/4 x 9 5/8 x in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number31.1403
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 8 November 1491
Catalogue Raisonné
Goff S-306; BMC II 434; GW 10329; Schreiber, Manuel, 5202; Murray, German, 392
Description(Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 8 November 1491) Folio; 354 leaves; blind-stamped calf binding (rebacked), brass clasps (manuscript fragments used as pastedowns); black cloth box.
Provenance1634 ownership inscription, Ingolstad; "Rose Berlin," from whom purchased on April 2, 1844, by K.E. von Liphart (1808-189, Dorpat, Bonn, and Florence, Lugt 1688–89); Louis Lebeuf de Montgermont (1841-1918); his sale, pt. VII, Paris, May 1913, lot 30; Edouard Rahir (1862-1924), from whose sale, Paris, lot 312, purchased by the MFA, May 1931.