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Modus legendi abbreviaturas. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 23rd June 1494.
Median 4o (227 x 164 mm). Collation: a-d8 (a1r title, a1v blank, a2r text); e-x8 (e1r Origo iuris humani, x6v colophon, x7-8 blank). 167 leaves only (of 168; lacking the final blank). 45 lines and headline, double-column. Gothic types 14:130 (title, headlines), 21:74 (text). 2- to 6-line initials-spaces, with guide-letters. (Tear in lower margin of t5 crossing text, soiling and dampstaining.) BMC II, 439 (IB 7475); BSB-Ink M-512; Pr 2093; Goff M-758.
[Bound with:]
Vocabularius juris utriusque. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1st July 1496.
Median 4°. Collation: a-t8 (a1r title, a1v blank, a2r text, t8v colophon). 151 leaves only (of 152; lacks s2; d1.8 and d2.7 reversed in binding). 47 lines and headline, double-column. Gothic types 14:130, 18:83, 19:17. 2- to 6-line initial spaces. (Soiling and dampstaining.) R 1896; BSB-Ink I-273; Goff V-355.
Binding: Contemporary German blind-stamped calf or goatskin over wooden boards, the covers divided by widely spaced double fillets into a broad outer frame stamped with a crowned rampant lion in each corner, front cover with a narrow inner frame filled with a floral and vine roll, the central rectangular panel with a repeated floral roll, back cover repeating the floral roll on the outer panel, the central rectangular panel divided by wide double fillets into six triangular compartments, the upper and lower compartments filled with a single impression of the lion tool, the others with a floral tool, remains of one clasp on front cover (repaired at head and foot of spine, other small repairs); quarter morocco folding case). Provenance: Fernando de Oliva (ownership inscription on title of the first work dated 1613) -- Cist of Prussia (inscription on title) -- "IP" lettered in ink across upper margins -- some early marginalia -- purchased from The Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts Company, 21 September 1993.
The Modus legendi and Vocabularius juris utriusque were among the most popular legal works printed in the 15th century. The Modus, often attributed to Werner von Schussenreid, was first printed in the Netherlands in 1475 and went through 20 incunable editions; more than 24 incunable editions of the Vocabularius appeared, the first being printed in Basel, 1474.
Median 4o (227 x 164 mm). Collation: a-d8 (a1r title, a1v blank, a2r text); e-x8 (e1r Origo iuris humani, x6v colophon, x7-8 blank). 167 leaves only (of 168; lacking the final blank). 45 lines and headline, double-column. Gothic types 14:130 (title, headlines), 21:74 (text). 2- to 6-line initials-spaces, with guide-letters. (Tear in lower margin of t5 crossing text, soiling and dampstaining.) BMC II, 439 (IB 7475); BSB-Ink M-512; Pr 2093; Goff M-758.
[Bound with:]
Vocabularius juris utriusque. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1st July 1496.
Median 4°. Collation: a-t8 (a1r title, a1v blank, a2r text, t8v colophon). 151 leaves only (of 152; lacks s2; d1.8 and d2.7 reversed in binding). 47 lines and headline, double-column. Gothic types 14:130, 18:83, 19:17. 2- to 6-line initial spaces. (Soiling and dampstaining.) R 1896; BSB-Ink I-273; Goff V-355.
Binding: Contemporary German blind-stamped calf or goatskin over wooden boards, the covers divided by widely spaced double fillets into a broad outer frame stamped with a crowned rampant lion in each corner, front cover with a narrow inner frame filled with a floral and vine roll, the central rectangular panel with a repeated floral roll, back cover repeating the floral roll on the outer panel, the central rectangular panel divided by wide double fillets into six triangular compartments, the upper and lower compartments filled with a single impression of the lion tool, the others with a floral tool, remains of one clasp on front cover (repaired at head and foot of spine, other small repairs); quarter morocco folding case). Provenance: Fernando de Oliva (ownership inscription on title of the first work dated 1613) -- Cist of Prussia (inscription on title) -- "IP" lettered in ink across upper margins -- some early marginalia -- purchased from The Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts Company, 21 September 1993.
The Modus legendi and Vocabularius juris utriusque were among the most popular legal works printed in the 15th century. The Modus, often attributed to Werner von Schussenreid, was first printed in the Netherlands in 1475 and went through 20 incunable editions; more than 24 incunable editions of the Vocabularius appeared, the first being printed in Basel, 1474.