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JACOBUS DE THERAMO, (PALLADINUS), BISHOP OF MONOPOLI, ARCHBISHOP OF TARENTO, BISHOP OF FLORENCE AND LATER OF SPOLETO. BELIAL ZU TEUTSCH. EIN GERICHTZ HANDEL ZWISCHEN BELEAL HELLISCHEM VERWESER ALS KLEGER EINEM TEIL UND JESU CHRISTO HYMMELISCHEM GOT ANTWURTER ANDERM TEILE. STRASSBURG: JOHANN PRüSS, 1508.
4° (190 X 125MM). COLLATION: A4 B8 C-E4 F8 G-I.K8 L-N4 O8 P-Q4 R8 S4 T8. TITLE WITH HAND-COLOURED WOODCUT OF GOD THE FATHER, SEATED, TO THE LEFT STANDS CHRIST TRIUMPHANT, TO THE RIGHT BELIAL, VERSO WITH HAND-COLOURED WOODCUT ARMS OF STRASSBURG, 32 WOODCUT ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT, 2 DECORATIVE WOODCUT INITIALS, WOODCUT PRINTER'S DEVICE ON FINAL LEAF, ALL WITH CONTEMPORARY HAND-COLOURING. (TITLE WITH SMALL HOLE AND NEATLY REPAIRED TEAR, A1, A2 AND B1 STRENGTHENED AT LOWER INNER MARGIN, SLIGHT SOILING AND DAMPSTAINING, MAINLY MARGINAL.) MODERN HALF VELLUM OVER MARBLED BOARDS (LIGHTLY SOILED). PROVENANCE: PROFESSOR VICTOR GOLDSCHMIDT, HEIDELBERG (STAMP ON VERSO OF FINAL LEAF; HIS LIBRARY WAS RENOWNED FOR ITS COLOURED BOOKS). BL STC GERMAN P. 671.
4° (190 X 125MM). COLLATION: A4 B8 C-E4 F8 G-I.K8 L-N4 O8 P-Q4 R8 S4 T8. TITLE WITH HAND-COLOURED WOODCUT OF GOD THE FATHER, SEATED, TO THE LEFT STANDS CHRIST TRIUMPHANT, TO THE RIGHT BELIAL, VERSO WITH HAND-COLOURED WOODCUT ARMS OF STRASSBURG, 32 WOODCUT ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT, 2 DECORATIVE WOODCUT INITIALS, WOODCUT PRINTER'S DEVICE ON FINAL LEAF, ALL WITH CONTEMPORARY HAND-COLOURING. (TITLE WITH SMALL HOLE AND NEATLY REPAIRED TEAR, A1, A2 AND B1 STRENGTHENED AT LOWER INNER MARGIN, SLIGHT SOILING AND DAMPSTAINING, MAINLY MARGINAL.) MODERN HALF VELLUM OVER MARBLED BOARDS (LIGHTLY SOILED). PROVENANCE: PROFESSOR VICTOR GOLDSCHMIDT, HEIDELBERG (STAMP ON VERSO OF FINAL LEAF; HIS LIBRARY WAS RENOWNED FOR ITS COLOURED BOOKS). BL STC GERMAN P. 671.