![Psalterium. Edited by Bruno, Episcopus Herbipolensis (Würzburg). [Würzburg: Georg Reyser, c.1488-89]. [Bound with:] Statuta synodalia Herbipolensia [Würzburg]. [With:] Thomas de Aquino. De Articulis fidei et ecclesiae sacramentis. [And:] Thomas Aquinas. De periculis contingentibus circa sacramentum eucharistiae. [Würzburg: Georg Reyser, c.1486].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_16019_0100_000(psalterium_edited_by_bruno_episcopus_herbipolensis_wurzburg_georg_reys073145).jpg?w=1)
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Psalterium. Edited by Bruno, Episcopus Herbipolensis (Würzburg). [Würzburg: Georg Reyser, c.1488-89]. [Bound with:] Statuta synodalia Herbipolensia [Würzburg]. [With:] Thomas de Aquino. De Articulis fidei et ecclesiae sacramentis. [And:] Thomas Aquinas. De periculis contingentibus circa sacramentum eucharistiae. [Würzburg: Georg Reyser, c.1486].
A beautifully preserved set of works from Georg Reyser’s Würzburg press in contemporary binding. The first work was first attributed by Proctor to the press of Michael Reyser at Eichstatt, but the 180 type has the peculiarities of the form used by Georg Reyser at Wurzburg. First work: HC *4011; BMC II 571; Bod-inc P-510; BSB-Ink P-832; ISTC ip01046000; Goff P-1046. Second work: HC *15036 (incl 1381); BMC II 572; Bod-inc S-312; BSB-Ink S-560; ISTC is00741000; Goff S-741 (incl T-320a).
Chancery folio (287 x 211mm). First work 279 leaves (of 279). Illuminated opening initial within fictive frame and with floral extension in colours, others in red and blue with red and green penwork. Second work 136 leaves (of 136). Both works printed in red and black (occasional light spotting and finger-soiling). Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, metal furniture and clasps (somewhat darkened, minor worming). Provenance: Neustadt am Main, Benedictine Abbey (‘K A S M C’ inscription dated 1571) – Lakelands, County Cork, William Horatio Crawford (1815-88), Irish philanthropist and book collector (bookplate) – Albert Ehrman (1890-1969), Broxbourne Library (bookplate dated 1949) – Sir Thomas Brooke of Armitage Bridge (1830-1908; bookplate and inscription dated 1908 and recording posthumous bequest to:) – W. Ingham Brooke (1862-1923), Barford Rectory, Warwick.
A beautifully preserved set of works from Georg Reyser’s Würzburg press in contemporary binding. The first work was first attributed by Proctor to the press of Michael Reyser at Eichstatt, but the 180 type has the peculiarities of the form used by Georg Reyser at Wurzburg. First work: HC *4011; BMC II 571; Bod-inc P-510; BSB-Ink P-832; ISTC ip01046000; Goff P-1046. Second work: HC *15036 (incl 1381); BMC II 572; Bod-inc S-312; BSB-Ink S-560; ISTC is00741000; Goff S-741 (incl T-320a).
Chancery folio (287 x 211mm). First work 279 leaves (of 279). Illuminated opening initial within fictive frame and with floral extension in colours, others in red and blue with red and green penwork. Second work 136 leaves (of 136). Both works printed in red and black (occasional light spotting and finger-soiling). Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, metal furniture and clasps (somewhat darkened, minor worming). Provenance: Neustadt am Main, Benedictine Abbey (‘K A S M C’ inscription dated 1571) – Lakelands, County Cork, William Horatio Crawford (1815-88), Irish philanthropist and book collector (bookplate) – Albert Ehrman (1890-1969), Broxbourne Library (bookplate dated 1949) – Sir Thomas Brooke of Armitage Bridge (1830-1908; bookplate and inscription dated 1908 and recording posthumous bequest to:) – W. Ingham Brooke (1862-1923), Barford Rectory, Warwick.
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