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MAXIMILIAN I (1459-1519). Das Buch des heyligen Romischen Reichs Unnderhallttunge. [Nuremberg: Hieronymus Hölzel, after 10 September 1500].
The possible first edition of a very rare publication containing the ordinances issued at the Diet of Worms in 1495 and Augsburg in 1500. A variant edition (Goff M-394), believed also to be printed by Hölzel, was apparently published around the same time. RBH/ABPC record no copies at auction; ISTC lists 5 copies, all in Germany. GW M22221; ISTC im00394500; Goff M-395.
Chancery folio (290 x 197mm). 44 leaves, large woodcut imperial coat-of-arms with double-headed eagle (a few margins thumb-soiled, scattered spotting and browning, minor repair in gutter of last leaf). Modern vellum, yapp edges; slipcase. Provenance: ‘J.V. C.T. B.H. Z.S. 1684’ (inscription on title) – Herzoglicher S. Meiningischer Bibliothek (19th-century stamp on title verso) – E.P. Goldschmidt (bookdealer, catalogue 146, item 100, priced $1,750: described as being in old boards, subsequently rebound).
The possible first edition of a very rare publication containing the ordinances issued at the Diet of Worms in 1495 and Augsburg in 1500. A variant edition (Goff M-394), believed also to be printed by Hölzel, was apparently published around the same time. RBH/ABPC record no copies at auction; ISTC lists 5 copies, all in Germany. GW M22221; ISTC im00394500; Goff M-395.
Chancery folio (290 x 197mm). 44 leaves, large woodcut imperial coat-of-arms with double-headed eagle (a few margins thumb-soiled, scattered spotting and browning, minor repair in gutter of last leaf). Modern vellum, yapp edges; slipcase. Provenance: ‘J.V. C.T. B.H. Z.S. 1684’ (inscription on title) – Herzoglicher S. Meiningischer Bibliothek (19th-century stamp on title verso) – E.P. Goldschmidt (bookdealer, catalogue 146, item 100, priced $1,750: described as being in old boards, subsequently rebound).
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