HENRICUS DE HERPF (c.1410-1477). Speculum aureum decem praeceptorum Dei. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 12 March 1481.
HENRICUS DE HERPF (c.1410-1477). Speculum aureum decem praeceptorum Dei. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 12 March 1481.
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HENRICUS DE HERPF (c.1410-1477). Speculum aureum decem praeceptorum Dei. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 12 March 1481.

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HENRICUS DE HERPF (c.1410-1477). Speculum aureum decem praeceptorum Dei. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 12 March 1481.

A crisp copy in a contemporary binding as yet unidentified. Second edition of this collection of sermons based on the ten commandments. H *8524; GW 12227; BMC II 419;  Bod-inc H-020;  BSB-Ink H-219; ISTC ih00040000; Goff H-40.

Median folio (315 x 215mm). Initials supplied in red, rubricated, vellum quire guards in first and last few quires, a few leaves with preserved deckle edges (first blank loose and possibly supplied). Contemporary blindstamped pigskin dyed in red over wooden boards from an unidentified workshop [EBDB w003054], chain staple hole on lower board with hasp fragment, old spine label (metal bosses and clasps renewed, lacks 1 catch, somewhat worn). Provenance: a few early marginalia – ?HBlake (20th-century inscription on first blank).
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