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HEROLT, Johannes (d. 1468). Sermones discipuli de tempore et de sanctis cum promptuario exemplorum. Reutlingen: Michael Greyff, ca 1479-1482].
2o (396 x 274 mm). 330 leaves (of 346; lacking 16 leaves of the table at beginning). 63 lines and headline, double-column. Gothic type 1:87. Initials supplied in brown outline, the first colored in red. (Some mostly marginal worming at beginning and end occasionally catching a few letters, some dampstaining in upper margin).
BINDING: contemporary blindstamped pigskin by Johannes Richenbach, title "discipulus" stamped on upper cover, outer leafy-roll border, central panel decorated with the headed-outline tool, upper cover decorated with eagle (Kyriss 125:3), large rosette, fleur-de-lys and Head of Christ, some colored in red, lower cover decorated with crown stamp, small crocket and rosettes (Kyriss 125: 1,2,4,7 and 10), brass catches, and modern center- and cornerpieces, paper label on spine (clasps replaced, large portion of lower cover cut away leaving blind impression of the stamps on board, some worming, endpapers renewed). Provenance: some marginalia in an early hand -- Bibliothek Oberherrlingen (bookplate) -- Bernd Pattloch (bookplate) -- Anonymous owner (sold Sotheby's London, 1 December 1993, lot 133) -- Detlef Mauss (blindstamp and pencil signature on front free endpaper).
A FINE COPY IN AN APPARENTLY UNRECORDED BINDING BY JOHANNES RICHENBACH. Richenbach (d.1486) was Chaplain of Geislingen in Swabia, and his work is distinguished by its inventive decoration. Over forty bindings are now attributed to Richenbach, most distinctly signed with tooled inscriptions and dates. He was the first binder to use rolls and often used bright coloring of individual tools to highlight them against the white pigskin.
The present binding is unsigned it but bears Richenbach's distinctive lettering of the title at head and has several tools colored. Otto Glauning has identified 23 Richenbach bindings and succeeding scholars have identified more. Howard Nixon has added a new stamp. The tools used here classified by Glauning are: f. g. l, o, p, v, w, x, aa, cc, dd, ff, hh, oo, tt and rolls a, b and bl. See Otto Glauning, "Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Einbände Johann Richenbachs" in Die Bibliotheck und ihre Kleinodien Festschrift zum 250-jährigen Jubiläum der Leipziger Stadtbibliothek, Leipzig, 1927, pp.95-112; Howard Nixon, The Broxbourne Library, Styles and Designs of Bookbindings, pp.17-19; Isabelle Pingree, "Richenbach Bindings in the United States," in Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1977, pp.330-344. BMC II, 578; H *8476; IGI 4702; Pr 2696; Goff H-103.
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BINDING: contemporary blindstamped pigskin by Johannes Richenbach, title "discipulus" stamped on upper cover, outer leafy-roll border, central panel decorated with the headed-outline tool, upper cover decorated with eagle (Kyriss 125:3), large rosette, fleur-de-lys and Head of Christ, some colored in red, lower cover decorated with crown stamp, small crocket and rosettes (Kyriss 125: 1,2,4,7 and 10), brass catches, and modern center- and cornerpieces, paper label on spine (clasps replaced, large portion of lower cover cut away leaving blind impression of the stamps on board, some worming, endpapers renewed). Provenance: some marginalia in an early hand -- Bibliothek Oberherrlingen (bookplate) -- Bernd Pattloch (bookplate) -- Anonymous owner (sold Sotheby's London, 1 December 1993, lot 133) -- Detlef Mauss (blindstamp and pencil signature on front free endpaper).
A FINE COPY IN AN APPARENTLY UNRECORDED BINDING BY JOHANNES RICHENBACH. Richenbach (d.1486) was Chaplain of Geislingen in Swabia, and his work is distinguished by its inventive decoration. Over forty bindings are now attributed to Richenbach, most distinctly signed with tooled inscriptions and dates. He was the first binder to use rolls and often used bright coloring of individual tools to highlight them against the white pigskin.
The present binding is unsigned it but bears Richenbach's distinctive lettering of the title at head and has several tools colored. Otto Glauning has identified 23 Richenbach bindings and succeeding scholars have identified more. Howard Nixon has added a new stamp. The tools used here classified by Glauning are: f. g. l, o, p, v, w, x, aa, cc, dd, ff, hh, oo, tt and rolls a, b and bl. See Otto Glauning, "Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Einbände Johann Richenbachs" in Die Bibliotheck und ihre Kleinodien Festschrift zum 250-jährigen Jubiläum der Leipziger Stadtbibliothek, Leipzig, 1927, pp.95-112; Howard Nixon, The Broxbourne Library, Styles and Designs of Bookbindings, pp.17-19; Isabelle Pingree, "Richenbach Bindings in the United States," in Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1977, pp.330-344. BMC II, 578; H *8476; IGI 4702; Pr 2696; Goff H-103.