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BIBLE, IN LATIN
[Biblia Latina cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis in omnes prologos S. Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli Burgensis replicisque Matthiae Doering], Part 2 only (of 4): Esdras to Ecclesiasticus, [Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1487]

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
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BIBLE, IN LATIN

[Biblia Latina cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis in omnes prologos S. Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli Burgensis replicisque Matthiae Doering], Part 2 only (of 4): Esdras to Ecclesiasticus, 368 leaves (including blank Dd8), 72 lines and headline, gothic letter, double column with commentary surrounding text, initials supplied in red, rubricated throughout in red, early annotations in German in margins and occasionally to text, some scattered worm holes to first and last few leaves, a few old ink smudges and splashes, some stains affecting Oo10-Pp2, last leaf cut down and mounted, eighteenth century German half sheep, spine chipped and worn [ISTC ib00614000; BMC II 431; HC 3167*; GW 4289; Goff B6U], folio (288 x 210mm.), [Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1487]

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Provenance: "Sum Adami Hormonitz?" and "Conventus Pyrensis Ord. Praed" (?Brenner, South Tyrol), early inscriptions on f. 1; William H. Hechler (Elisabeth Strasse 14, Wien), ownership inscription and lengthy note dated 1895 on front free endpaper; Richard Chamberlain, bookplate.

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