Institoris, Henricus and Sprenger, Jacobus: Malleus maleficarum.
[Metz: Caspar Hochfeder, ca. 1508-15?]
8vo. πA8 a4 b-z8 A-N8 O4 P8. [304] leaves (P8 blank).
Woodcut initials.
ISTC ii00169000; GW M12470; Goff I169; H 9241*; Sack(Freiburg) 2030a; BSB-Ink I-230.
On the ascription to Hochfeder at Metz and the tentative dating, see Sack(Freiburg). Goff assigns to [Nuremberg: Caspar Hochfeder, ca. 1500]. GW M12470 ascribes to [Nuremberg: Hieronymus Hölzel, ca. 1516].
On the authorship, see G. Jerouschek (ed.), Malleus maleficarum 1487 (Hildesheim: 1992), pp. XL-XLIII. Author's name is also recorded as Heinrich Kramer.
| GIP number: | I5 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson Ak-x.38 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | W.L.: Initials “W L” in ink on lower edge of text block. John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: acquired 13 June 1906 according to Ferguson’s pencil acquisition note on front pastedown “JF 13.VI.06”; source unknown. University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
| Binding: | 16th-century blind-tooled calf over paper boards; the design of both covers is of three concentric rectangles formed by fillets; the inner rectangle is composed of a roll of quatrefoils in lozenges, the middle rectangle is mitred but undecorated, and the outer rectangle is made-up of a floral roll; title “Malleus ma.” added in gold to front cover at a later date; edges show traces of gauffering; remains of two thong fasteners; paper label with manuscript title added to top compartment of spine at a later date; another paper label (with no visible annotation) added to bottom compartment of spine. Size: 144 x 100 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 142 x 98 mm. |
| Annotations: | Underlining and occasional early marginal annotations in brown ink in quires b-i; occasional early marginal annotations in black ink, nota marks and underlining in quires r-z, C, D and H; on πA1r “Authore Jacobo Sprenger” followed by brief biographical details and a bibliographical reference to Heinrich Pantaloen’s Prosopographia; on front pastedown the number “250” in pencil plus other bibliographical references to Jacobus Scheltema’s Geschiedenis der heksenprocessen and to Prosper Marchand’s Histoire de l’origine et progrès de l’imprimerie, and a 19th-century note in French on the word Malleus; on rear flyleaf a brief index to the chapters of the text (with signature references) and a more detailed reference to the chapter "Remedium ecclesiasticum contra incubos & succubos daemones"; on rear pastedown the pencil number “B2” and various pencil price codes. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
