Creator
Saubert, Johann
Title
Historia bibliothecae Reip. Noribergensis ….
Coverage
Nuremberg
Publisher
W. Endter
Date
1643
Description
This early history of the Nuremberg Library by Johann Saubert (1592–1646) includes, as an appendix comprising nearly half of its 214 pages, a census of the library’s books printed before 1500. As such, it represents not only the first catalogue of incunabula, but the first time books printed during the early decades of printing were set apart in a special class.
Source
Bequest of Mrs. William Loring Andrews, 1931.