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HOLLEN, Gotschalcus (c.1411-1481). Praeceptorium divinae legis. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 22 September 1497.
Median 4° (231 x 167mm). Collation: A-Y8 a-h8 i10 (A1 title, A2r prologue, A5r text, h8v colophon, i1 blank, i1r table, i10v blank). 250 leaves, blank i1 bound at end. 45 lines and headline on rectos, double column. Types 7:92G, 14:130G; 17:72G, 21:74G. Initials and paragraph marks in red or blue. (Small marginal wormhole at lower corner, small holes in title and last two leaves repaired with loss of a few letters, light dampstaining and spotting.) Modern brown goatskin preserving original south-German blindstamped sides, title stamped on upper cover, brass fore-edge catches (clasps renewed), remains of index tabs. Provenance: early marginal notes and underlinings.
Fourth edition. An Austin Hermit at the Osnabrck convent, Hollen was a renowned preacher and pastoral theologian. Polain and BSB mistakenly call for 240 leaves, while giving the same collation as above. HC *8769; BSB H-319; IGI 4794; Polain(B) 4442; Goff H-297; NOT IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY.
Median 4° (231 x 167mm). Collation: A-Y8 a-h8 i10 (A1 title, A2r prologue, A5r text, h8v colophon, i1 blank, i1r table, i10v blank). 250 leaves, blank i1 bound at end. 45 lines and headline on rectos, double column. Types 7:92G, 14:130G; 17:72G, 21:74G. Initials and paragraph marks in red or blue. (Small marginal wormhole at lower corner, small holes in title and last two leaves repaired with loss of a few letters, light dampstaining and spotting.) Modern brown goatskin preserving original south-German blindstamped sides, title stamped on upper cover, brass fore-edge catches (clasps renewed), remains of index tabs. Provenance: early marginal notes and underlinings.
Fourth edition. An Austin Hermit at the Osnabrck convent, Hollen was a renowned preacher and pastoral theologian. Polain and BSB mistakenly call for 240 leaves, while giving the same collation as above. HC *8769; BSB H-319; IGI 4794; Polain(B) 4442; Goff H-297; NOT IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY.