Publication information from colophon

At least one other edition of the Hortulus animae was issued by Clein and Koberger in 1513. That edition, which contains a longer title page, altered wording in the colophon, and different foliation, bears the date of February 9th

Signatures: a-z⁸ A-K⁸

Printed in red and black ink

The device of Johann Clein appears in the colophon

For more information on the Koberger/Clein editions of the Hortulus animae, consult Ruth Mortimer, French 16th Century books (Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1964.), 413

USTC 206781

Bohatta, H. Livres d'Heures (2. Aufl.), 38

Mortimer, R. French 16th cent., 319 (variant ed.)

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.459.28 bound in early limp tacketed vellum with fore-edge cover extensions. On upper cover: gilt armorial super-ex-libris of the house of Fugger, under the name Anthoni Fugger, dated 1586. Super-ex-libris of György Lippay, archbishop of Esztergom, on lower cover. Manuscript label at head of spine. All woodcuts, and most initials, hand colored.

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