Bruder Claus.

Accession number: 
PML 23218
Author: 
Nikolaus, von der Flüe, Saint, 1417-1487.
Published: 
In der werden Stat Nürmbergk : von Marco Ayrer, im lxxxviii iar [1488].
Description: 
[16] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 19.5 cm (4to)
Credit Line: 
Purchased in 1925.
Notes: 

Title from half-title page, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf b7v: Gedrückt und volendet In der werden Stat Nürmbergk von Marco ayrer Im lxxxviii iar.
Printed in Ayrer's type 1:87G.
Signatures: a-b⁸: 16 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
10 woodcuts.
Nikolaus von Flüe (or Bruder Klaus, 1417-1487) was the national saint of Switzerland (GW).
PML copy leaf dimensions: 19 x 13 cm.

Binding: 
Modern full red sheepskin over paper boards (19.5 x 14 cm), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedows and endleaves; gilt edges.
Variant Title: 

Checklist title: Rede und Frage Bruder Clausens und eines Pilgrims

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: A few contemporary marginal notations throughout.

Provenance: 
Paul Gruppe, bull's head stamp (leaf a1r); Paul Gruppe; his sale, Baer & Co. (Frankfurt), 14 Dec. 1925, [lot 95?]; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased at Gruppe sale, Dec. 1925.
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