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NIDER, Johannes. (ca 1380-1438). Praeceptorium divinae legis. Augsburg: Anton Sorg, 'circiter' 24 May 1475.
Chancery 2o (265 x 193 mm). Collation: [1-210 38 (7+1): 1/1 blank, Index; 4-810 98 (7+1) 10-1910 208 21-2310 248 25-3010 3110 (9+1): text]. 303 leaves (of 305, lacking blank 1/1.10 of the index). 37 lines and headline. Gothic type 1:103. 3-line initial spaces with guide letters, one 9-line initial space. Opening large initial in red with black penwork infill, rubricated in red with initials, capital strokes and paragraph marks. (Some dampstaining). 16th-century German blind tooled vellum over wooden boards decorated with various fillets and four rools, outer roll forming a stylized wreath, a second rool of heads-in-medallion, surrounding a central oval device depicting a robed figure on upper cover and diaper pattern on lower cover, remnants of clasps; quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: Franciscans of St. Bernardinus, Amberg (17th-century inscription, fo. 2r; their stamp of cross with S B A in a circle, top edge) -- Sir George Holford (1860-1926) (printed slip "The property of..., sold by order of his executors") -- purchased from Hamill & Barker, Chicago, 28 October 1987.
Sorg's second book. Nider's Praeceptorium is a treatise of moral theology arranged according to the ten commandments. The work was very popular and was printed in numerous editions during the 15th-century. BM II, 342; BSB-Ink. N-162; Goff N-199; H *11789; Pr 1642.
Chancery 2o (265 x 193 mm). Collation: [1-210 38 (7+1): 1/1 blank, Index; 4-810 98 (7+1) 10-1910 208 21-2310 248 25-3010 3110 (9+1): text]. 303 leaves (of 305, lacking blank 1/1.10 of the index). 37 lines and headline. Gothic type 1:103. 3-line initial spaces with guide letters, one 9-line initial space. Opening large initial in red with black penwork infill, rubricated in red with initials, capital strokes and paragraph marks. (Some dampstaining). 16th-century German blind tooled vellum over wooden boards decorated with various fillets and four rools, outer roll forming a stylized wreath, a second rool of heads-in-medallion, surrounding a central oval device depicting a robed figure on upper cover and diaper pattern on lower cover, remnants of clasps; quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: Franciscans of St. Bernardinus, Amberg (17th-century inscription, fo. 2r; their stamp of cross with S B A in a circle, top edge) -- Sir George Holford (1860-1926) (printed slip "The property of..., sold by order of his executors") -- purchased from Hamill & Barker, Chicago, 28 October 1987.
Sorg's second book. Nider's Praeceptorium is a treatise of moral theology arranged according to the ten commandments. The work was very popular and was printed in numerous editions during the 15th-century. BM II, 342; BSB-Ink. N-162; Goff N-199; H *11789; Pr 1642.