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Vocabularius juris utriusque. [Basel: Michael Wenssler, not after 1474].
One of the first two undated editions published by Wenssler between 1473-1474, the date given from acquistion inscriptions in the copies at Munich and Klosterneuburg. The Vocabularius was among the most popular legal works printed in the 15th-century, reaching more than 30 incunable editions. BMC III, 722; BSB-Ink I-256; Goff V-335.
Chancery folio (282 x 188mm). 8-line initial opening text in colours and matt gold with floral decoration extending into margin, other initials and paragraph marks in red and blue (without the probable blank a1, I1 reinforced in gutter, I8 cropped into blank space and mounted, a few quires lightly wormed, some marginal staining or spotting). 18th-century half calf (covers repaired, some worming on spine, extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Mantua, Bibliotheca Theresiana (18th-century inscription on front endpaper).
One of the first two undated editions published by Wenssler between 1473-1474, the date given from acquistion inscriptions in the copies at Munich and Klosterneuburg. The Vocabularius was among the most popular legal works printed in the 15th-century, reaching more than 30 incunable editions. BMC III, 722; BSB-Ink I-256; Goff V-335.
Chancery folio (282 x 188mm). 8-line initial opening text in colours and matt gold with floral decoration extending into margin, other initials and paragraph marks in red and blue (without the probable blank a1, I1 reinforced in gutter, I8 cropped into blank space and mounted, a few quires lightly wormed, some marginal staining or spotting). 18th-century half calf (covers repaired, some worming on spine, extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Mantua, Bibliotheca Theresiana (18th-century inscription on front endpaper).
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