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JACOBUS DE VORAGINE (c.1230-1298). Sermones de sanctis. Augsburg: Hermann Kästlin, 10 April 1484.
The third and most extensive production of the Augsburg printer Hermann Kästlin, who is known to have printed a mere 8 editions but numerous broadsides. BMC II 362; Bod-inc J-076; BSB-Ink I-107; CIBN J-126; Goff J-188.
Chancery folio (303 x 210mm). Initials in red, sheet cvii and cxiiii misbound between ciii and ciiii (top right corner and margin waterstained, a few wormholes, mostly marginal but affecting a few letters). Contemporary German blindstamped calf, ‘maria hilff’ and other tools, remains of label on spine, printed fragments from Kästlin's shop as binding waste, green edges (somewhat worn and repaired, traces of clasps). Provenance: early annotations.
The third and most extensive production of the Augsburg printer Hermann Kästlin, who is known to have printed a mere 8 editions but numerous broadsides. BMC II 362; Bod-inc J-076; BSB-Ink I-107; CIBN J-126; Goff J-188.
Chancery folio (303 x 210mm). Initials in red, sheet cvii and cxiiii misbound between ciii and ciiii (top right corner and margin waterstained, a few wormholes, mostly marginal but affecting a few letters). Contemporary German blindstamped calf, ‘maria hilff’ and other tools, remains of label on spine, printed fragments from Kästlin's shop as binding waste, green edges (somewhat worn and repaired, traces of clasps). Provenance: early annotations.
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