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DANIEL-- Somnia Danielis. [Speier: Johann and Conrad Hist, ca. 1487].
Chancery 4° (191x120mm). Collation: [18] (1/1r xylographic title, 1/1v text, 1/8v blank). 8 leaves. 33 lines. Type: 5:180G, 6:90G. (Very faint dampstain in upper hinge.) Modern red cloth, marbled paper pastedowns.
A rare edition, ONLY THREE OTHER COPIES KNOWN, the others recorded as in the British Library, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek at Munich and Freiburg Universitätsbibliothek. This recension contains 431 dream interpretations attributed to the prophet Daniel. Due to its associations with the occult, it was suppressed by the Church. Pr 524; GW 7911; C 1874; BMC II, 503 = I, 120 (IA. 8754); Klebs 319.16
Chancery 4° (191x120mm). Collation: [18] (1/1r xylographic title, 1/1v text, 1/8v blank). 8 leaves. 33 lines. Type: 5:180G, 6:90G. (Very faint dampstain in upper hinge.) Modern red cloth, marbled paper pastedowns.
A rare edition, ONLY THREE OTHER COPIES KNOWN, the others recorded as in the British Library, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek at Munich and Freiburg Universitätsbibliothek. This recension contains 431 dream interpretations attributed to the prophet Daniel. Due to its associations with the occult, it was suppressed by the Church. Pr 524; GW 7911; C 1874; BMC II, 503 = I, 120 (IA. 8754); Klebs 319.16