Accession number
PML 20583
Object title
Ars moriendi.
Uniform title
Ars moriendi (Block book). Latin.
Published
[Augsburg?, ca. 1465-1470]
Description
24 leaves : ill. ; (4to)
Notes
4th ed., first issue.
Printed on one side of single sheets, then pasted so that after 2 leaves of preface, the cuts and text alternate; no signatures; printed in black.
Printed on one side of single sheets, then pasted so that after 2 leaves of preface, the cuts and text alternate; no signatures; printed in black.
Binding
Vellum slipcover.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: folio 1. Bull's head with one vertical bar below, intertwined with snake and flower.
Watermark: folio 23. Bull's head with one vertical bar below, intertwined with snake and flower.
Watermark: folio 23. Bull's head with one vertical bar below, intertwined with snake and flower.
Provenance
From the Huth collection (with bookplate) bought by Quaritch, 1911 for £1500 to Fairfax Murray, his sale, Dec., 1917.
Classification
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