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12 leaves from: Statuta synodalia herbipolensia.
1486ref. 9BDEHOBV62VDWürzburg: Georg Reyser 1486. Later bound in two leaves from a 13th-century vellum theological manuscript rubricated and decorated with alternating red and blue initials with penwork. Folio. Printed in red and black in rotunda type 32 lines; printed area: 18 x 12 cm; type: 112a. With illustrations cut from 19th- or 20th-century reproductions of early woodcuts ca. 21 x 14 cm pasted on the front Annunciation and back pastedown Christophorus with the year "cccc xx tercio". Interesting example of the study of early printing in 19th-century England. The 12 leaves come from the library of the 19th-century collector Dr C. Inglis whose father boasted an impressive collection of early printed books. Inglis believed that the leaves came from an unknown work titled De vita et honestate clericorum ex consilio Moguntinum printed in 1453 by Gerhardus Episcopus. Tipped in is a letter to Inglis by the well-known bibliographer William Blades discussing this matter. Although the text opens with "De Vita et honestate clericorum ex consilio Maguntinensis Gerhardi Archiepiscipi" it was in fact part of Statuta synodalia herbipolensia printed at Würzburg by Georg Reyser in ca. 1486. The first 6 leaves are 2-d7 and the final 6 leaves are quire g.With owner's inscription of Sir Edward Coates bookplate with initials "CC" Clifford Coates the bookplate of Dr. C. Inglis and some annotations on front pastedown; an autograph letter signed by Wiliam Blades to C. Inglis tipped to flyleaf. 12 well-preserved leaves.l Cf. BMC II 572; Goff S-741; Hain 15036; Hubay Inc. Universitätsbibl. Würzburg 1953; ISTC is00741000. Georg Reyser, hardcover
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