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SPRENGER, Jakob (1436-1495) and KRMER, Heinrich (ca.1430-1505). Malleus maleficarum. [Speier: Peter Drach, 1492?].
4o (182 x 139mm). Collation: a6 b-d8 e-z6 A-E6 F-G8 (a1r title, a1v blank, a2r Apologia autoris, a3v Tenor bulle apostolice adversus heresim maleficarum, b1r Tabula, b3r text, G8r colophon, G8v blank). 190 leaves. 53 lines and headlines, double column. Types: 1:130G (title, headings); 16:71G (text). Spaces for 3- and 4-line capitals. Lombard capitals supplied in alternating blue and red, rubricated in red. (Title leaf neatly guarded, a single persistent wormhole affecting a few letters in one column through most of the volume, two additional small wormholes in latter quires, otherwise a clean copy.) Later brown pigskin antique, marbled edges (slightly rubbed, front inner hinge loosening). Provenance: scattered marginalia in a small 15th-century hand; 19th century bibliographical note in German on front flyleaf.
Third edition. Goff I-165; BMC II, 498 (IA 8634); HC 9240*; IGI 5183; Klebs 926.3; Polain(B) 2123; Norman 1992.
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Third edition. Goff I-165; BMC II, 498 (IA 8634); HC 9240*; IGI 5183; Klebs 926.3; Polain(B) 2123; Norman 1992.