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ASTESANUS DE AST (early 14th century). Summa de casibus conscientiae. Cologne: Heinrich Quentell, 31 August 1479.
A large, fresh copy of a major legal reference work of the Middle Ages, bound at Münster by the Brothers of the Common Life, and very probably decorated there. Goff A-1168.
Royal folio (388 x 293mm). Without first blank leaf, two woodcuts [crucifixion, figure of Christ], 10 major initials in red and blue with penwork and painted decoration (possibly Münster work), other initials in red or blue, rubricated. Contemporary blindstamped calf over wooden boards, bound at ‘Coesfeld I-O’ shop [Münster, Brothers of the Common Life], two fore-edge clasps (rebacked). Provenance: Howard family (bookplate).
The finely decorated initials in the present copy are very similar to those in other ‘Coesfeld I-O’ bindings (cf Glasgow, Hunterian Bx.1.13, and Huntington Library 92595). Schunke designated the workshop responsible for the present binding ‘Coesfeld I-O’, after Coesfeld monastery. It is now recognised as the Brothers of the Common Life at Münster, a prolific bindery whose work is found widely throughout the Rhineland and Westphalia (cf. Einbandforschung 4, 1999, p. 21 and EBDB s105865 and others). GW records 3 versions of this edition and additional variants in the first quire; CIBN considers them a single edition with various states and notes composite copies formed of sheets mixed in the printing house. HC *1895; GW 2756; BMC I, 261; Schreiber 3387; Bod-inc A-473; BSB-Ink A-800; Goff A-1168.
A large, fresh copy of a major legal reference work of the Middle Ages, bound at Münster by the Brothers of the Common Life, and very probably decorated there. Goff A-1168.
Royal folio (388 x 293mm). Without first blank leaf, two woodcuts [crucifixion, figure of Christ], 10 major initials in red and blue with penwork and painted decoration (possibly Münster work), other initials in red or blue, rubricated. Contemporary blindstamped calf over wooden boards, bound at ‘Coesfeld I-O’ shop [Münster, Brothers of the Common Life], two fore-edge clasps (rebacked). Provenance: Howard family (bookplate).
The finely decorated initials in the present copy are very similar to those in other ‘Coesfeld I-O’ bindings (cf Glasgow, Hunterian Bx.1.13, and Huntington Library 92595). Schunke designated the workshop responsible for the present binding ‘Coesfeld I-O’, after Coesfeld monastery. It is now recognised as the Brothers of the Common Life at Münster, a prolific bindery whose work is found widely throughout the Rhineland and Westphalia (cf. Einbandforschung 4, 1999, p. 21 and EBDB s105865 and others). GW records 3 versions of this edition and additional variants in the first quire; CIBN considers them a single edition with various states and notes composite copies formed of sheets mixed in the printing house. HC *1895; GW 2756; BMC I, 261; Schreiber 3387; Bod-inc A-473; BSB-Ink A-800; Goff A-1168.
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