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BALBUS, Johannes (d.1298). Catholicon. [Strasbourg: Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner), not after 30 June 1482].
A large, fresh copy in a handsome and rare contemporary Moravian binding, from a shop active in what is now the Czech Republic, c. 1470-1502. No auction record for this edition in RBH/ABPC. HC(+Add) *2252; GW 3186; BMC I 130; BSB-Ink B-12; Goff B-24.
Royal folio (410 x 280mm). Without first and final blanks, initials in red, rubricated, vellum manuscript quire-guards, contemporary manuscript signature on final verso of each quire often preserved (some light waterstaining mostly marginal, light soiling, marginal tear in 3/4 repaired with vellum fragment, paper flaw at corner of 30/1, faint toning on last few leaves). Contemporary Moravian blindstamped calf over wooden boards [Kyriss 128; EBDB w002842], metal corner-pieces, traces of clasps and chain stable on back board (rebacked and repaired, spine ends missing). Provenance: Brno, Dominican convent of St Michael (early inscription on first page).
A large, fresh copy in a handsome and rare contemporary Moravian binding, from a shop active in what is now the Czech Republic, c. 1470-1502. No auction record for this edition in RBH/ABPC. HC(+Add) *2252; GW 3186; BMC I 130; BSB-Ink B-12; Goff B-24.
Royal folio (410 x 280mm). Without first and final blanks, initials in red, rubricated, vellum manuscript quire-guards, contemporary manuscript signature on final verso of each quire often preserved (some light waterstaining mostly marginal, light soiling, marginal tear in 3/4 repaired with vellum fragment, paper flaw at corner of 30/1, faint toning on last few leaves). Contemporary Moravian blindstamped calf over wooden boards [Kyriss 128; EBDB w002842], metal corner-pieces, traces of clasps and chain stable on back board (rebacked and repaired, spine ends missing). Provenance: Brno, Dominican convent of St Michael (early inscription on first page).
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