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PML 44494
Published:
In der keÿserlichen stat Augspurg : Getrucket und volenndet von Anthoni Sorgen, am donerstag vor Urbani ... M.CCC.lxxxi [24 May 1481].
Description:
[6], i-xlviii, [5] vi-lii, [5], viii-Ci, [28] leaves (with mistakes) ; 42.5 cm (fol.)
Credit Line:
Purchased in 1953.
Notes:
Imprint from colophon, leaf [25]/6r: Hÿe enndet sich der sachsenspiegel mit ordnung des rechten den d[er] erwirdig in got vater vnd herre Theodericus von Bockstorf bÿschoff zů Neünburg säliger gecorrigieret hat. Getrucket vn[d] volenndet von Anthoni Sorgen in d[er] keÿserlichen stat Augspurg. am donerstag vor vrbani. do man zalt nach Cristi gepurt. M.CCCC.lxxxi. jare.
Printed in Sorg's types 2:118G and 3:140G.
Collation: [1⁶ 2-5¹⁰ 6⁸ 7-18¹⁰ 19-20⁶ 21-24¹⁰ 25⁶(4+1: "hie. Wiβ auch")]: 233 leaves.
Paper format: Royal folio.
Edited by Dietrich von Bocksdorf.
Woodcut initials.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 40.6 x 28.2 cm.
Binding:
Contemporary blind-stamped calf over partially-bevelled wooden boards (42.5 x 30 cm), sewn on 4 supports, bound in Augsburg, decorated with tools assigned to the Stempelblüte frei III (Rautengerank) workshop (EBDB w002089/Kyriss 91, active 1473-98); repa
Variant Title:
Landrecht
Inscriptions/Markings:
Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Manuscript title on fore edge.
Provenance:
Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., June 1953.
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