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Lot 1032

4 December 2012, 13:00 EST
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MELBER, JOHANNES, AND JODOCHUS EICHMANN.

Vocabularius predicantium. WITH: Ex quo vocabularii. AND: BRACK, WENCESLAUS. Vocabularius rerum. [Strasbourg: n.d. & 1491.]
3 works bound in one volume. 8vo (182 x 121 mm). a-e8 f4 g-h8 i4 k8 l4 m-o8 p4 q-t8 v4 x-z8 [tau]8; a8 b6 c8 d4 e8 f4 g8 h-i6 k8 l4 m6 n8 o-z8/4 [tau]4 ?8 (?8 blank); a-b8 c4 d-e8 f4 g-h8 (-h8). Gothic type. Rubricated throughout with lombard initials in red and capital strokes in yellow or red. Period half pigskin over wooden boards, brass clasp, manuscript spine label, edges stained blue, index tabs to separate works. Lacking final index leaf, scattered stains including some dampstain at beginning.

There are several undated Strasbourg editions from the 1490s of Melber's dictionary.

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