Hortulus anime cum aliis q(uam)plurimis orationibus pristine impressione superadditis. With coloured woodcut title, 69 almost leaf-sized coloured woodcuts with lateral borders (ca. 70-75 x 50 mm), 2 half-page coloured woodcuts of the calendar (sun and moon), 14 coloured miniature woodcuts (22 x 17 mm), several coloured woodcut initials (partly repeated) and coloured woodcut printer's mark below the text. (At the end of the text:) Lyon, J. Clein for A. Koberger in Nuremberg, III. no(ni)s iulii (= July 6), 1511. 20 nn. Leaf, 240 num. pp., 4 nn. Leaf (register). 14 x 10 cm. Contemporary calf binding over wooden boards with blind-stamped plate and individual stamps and 1 central brass clasp (somewhat rubbed, spine with a few small worm marks, endpapers renewed later, a few careful restorations). First Clein/Koberger edition in a beautifully colored and fully rubricated copy. - Oldenbourg, Hortulus animae L 38 - Baudrier XII, 284 - Mortimer II, 318 - LGB II, 137 (under Clein, with mention of this title). - Beginning of the numerous Hortulus editions by Koberger. The text printed in red and black throughout and with the woodcuts of the so-called "Lyon series" appearing here for the first time. As the work of several woodcutters, it is not uniform in quality: 37 woodcuts are imitations or copies after the Strasbourg edition by Knobloch. "The other half of the woodcuts consists of completely independent compositions, some of which are of a decidedly narrative nature. They make up by far the better part and at the same time the part that indicates the involvement of Grüniger's woodcutters." (Oldenbourg p. 100). All woodcuts in clean old coloring with mostly strong colors. The verso of the last index leaf contains a prayer of the hours to St. Birgitta added by a contemporary hand. Following are two old flyleaves with full backing, the first with a contemporary ownership note "Liber mo(na)sterii s(an)cti ... (illegible) pro usu fr(atr)is anthonii", including a red and black addition/variant to the "Tabula signorum seu minutionum" printed in the front calendar section. The second leaf with a somewhat later note in a different hand: "Anno d(omi)ni 1542 die vero ... obiit mater mea cui(us) anima requiescat in sancta pace. Ame(n)". - The binding covers with an approx. 2 cm wide frame bordered by 2 x 3 lines of chisels, into which one stamp with an eagle is inserted at the top and bottom, and three small diamond-shaped individual stamps are inserted at the sides (cf. Kyriss plate 363, 10). The central field thus formed shows a housewife entertaining a pilgrim on the front cover. On the back cover there is a similar composition, which - like the oval inscriptions - is no longer clearly recognizable due to the lack of depth of relief. - A remarkably well-preserved copy of this pre-Reformation devotional book. Oldenbourg (p. 5) refers to the great rarity of the copies that have come down to us, as these were often worn to the point of unsightliness. - Some fingerstaining throughout, occasional brown spotting, 4 leaves with small corner tear without loss of text, some leaves with small marginal tears due to removed page markers, leaf 52 before leaf 49 stitched, some leaves with short text deletions in an old hand, title with unrecognizable later ownership note, the last 2 leaves of the index with a small worm mark. VAT: *