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STELLA CLERICORUM. Leipzig: Arnoldus de Colonia, 1494.
Chancery 4o (199 x 143 mm). Collation: aA6 bB8 (aA1r title, aA1v blank, aA2r text, bB7v verses in praise of the book, colophon, bB8 blank). 14 leaves. 37 lines. Types: 2:160G (title, headings), 1:81G (title, text). One five-line initial space. (Slight uniform browning.) Modern paper boards.
Stella clericorum was an enormously popular text, a manual for priests with advice on how to conduct themselves, care for their flocks and interpret the Scriptures, with occasional reminders about the responsibilities and nobility of the priestly calling. ISTC lists nearly seventy incunable editions, many of which survive in only a few copies. Arnold Neumarkt of Cologne had a press in Leipzig from 1492 to 1496.
VERY RARE. ISTC lists only one copy in North America (Huntington Library). HR 15078; Goff S-776.
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Stella clericorum was an enormously popular text, a manual for priests with advice on how to conduct themselves, care for their flocks and interpret the Scriptures, with occasional reminders about the responsibilities and nobility of the priestly calling. ISTC lists nearly seventy incunable editions, many of which survive in only a few copies. Arnold Neumarkt of Cologne had a press in Leipzig from 1492 to 1496.
VERY RARE. ISTC lists only one copy in North America (Huntington Library). HR 15078; Goff S-776.