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Das büch der lehenrecht.

Accession number
PML 20611
Object title

Das büch der lehenrecht.

Uniform title
Libri feudorum. German.
Published

Zů Augspurg : gedruckt durch maister Erharte[m] Radtolt, .m.cccc.xciij [1493].

Description

[40] leaves : illustration (1 woodcut) ; 26.5 cm (fol.)

Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1917.
Notes
Title from half-title page, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf e8r: Alhie enndet des büch kayserlicher besterten lehenrecht gedruckt durch maister Erharte[m] radtolt zů Augspurg. Anno .m.cccc.xciij.
Printed in Ratdolt's types 7:92G and 12:180G (also used for printed paper wrapper).
Signatures: a-e⁸: 40 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
With Glossa ordinaria of Accursius.
Woodcut (leaf a1v) and printed initials.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 26.3 x 18.7 cm.
Binding
Contemporary Augsburg interim binding of woodblock-printed paper wrappers (26.5 x 18.5 cm), sewn on 3 supports, dated 1494 (printed in Ratdolt's type 12:180G); rebacked and repaired at corners.
Variant title
Büch des kaiserlichen Lehenrecht
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.
Provenance
Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), his sale, Christie's, 10 Dec. 1917, lot 254 to Quaritch for: J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), purchased Dec. 1917 (accessioned July 1919).
Classification
Century
Department