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HENRICUS DE HERPF (c.1410-1477). Sermones de tempore et de sanctis. [Speyer]: Peter Drach, [after 17 January 1484, not after 1486].
First and only incunable edition, in a contemporary binding by a workshop in Uelzen, Northern Germany. The pastedowns in this copy use 2 leaves from an apparently unrecorded Bible edition, using type associated with George Stuchs at Nuremberg. HC *8527; GW 12225; BMC II 493; Bod-inc H-018; BSB-Ink H-217; ISTC ih00038000; Goff H-38.
Chancery folio (284 x 210mm). 428 leaves, 3 opening initials in red or blue and red, one with penwork decoration, smaller initials in red and blue, printer’s device at end, rubricated throughout (2 short marginal repairs, I8 torn just into text, occasional faint marginal waterstains). Contemporary Uelzen blindstamped calf over wooden boards [EBDB w000321], 10 metal corner-and centrepieces, two clasps, titled in manuscript on vellum label preserved beneath modern plastic in metal frame, pastedowns from an early printed Latin Bible, the text encompassing Mark 14:5-14:21 at the front and Matthew 26:18-26:36 at the rear (clasps renewed, spine slightly rubbed with minor loss, stain on lower board). Provenance: a few contemporary marginal notes – Uelzen, Ministerial Bibliothek (19th-century inscription and stamp).
First and only incunable edition, in a contemporary binding by a workshop in Uelzen, Northern Germany. The pastedowns in this copy use 2 leaves from an apparently unrecorded Bible edition, using type associated with George Stuchs at Nuremberg. HC *8527; GW 12225; BMC II 493; Bod-inc H-018; BSB-Ink H-217; ISTC ih00038000; Goff H-38.
Chancery folio (284 x 210mm). 428 leaves, 3 opening initials in red or blue and red, one with penwork decoration, smaller initials in red and blue, printer’s device at end, rubricated throughout (2 short marginal repairs, I8 torn just into text, occasional faint marginal waterstains). Contemporary Uelzen blindstamped calf over wooden boards [EBDB w000321], 10 metal corner-and centrepieces, two clasps, titled in manuscript on vellum label preserved beneath modern plastic in metal frame, pastedowns from an early printed Latin Bible, the text encompassing Mark 14:5-14:21 at the front and Matthew 26:18-26:36 at the rear (clasps renewed, spine slightly rubbed with minor loss, stain on lower board). Provenance: a few contemporary marginal notes – Uelzen, Ministerial Bibliothek (19th-century inscription and stamp).
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