Speculum aureum decem praeceptorum Dei

by Henricus de Herpf, c.

$45,000 · Offered by Liber Antiquus

First edition

FIRST EDITION. A fine copy, in an impressive binding, of the first edition, printed by Gutenberg’s apprentice, Peter Schoeffer. Bound in contemporary Bamberg blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards Kyriss 006, EBDB w000078, Bamberg Minoritenkloster , with flyleaves from vellum manuscript antiphonal, brass catch-plates with sphinxes, straps and clasps intact. Wormholes to both boards, endpapers renewed, binding a little soiled.

• Binding: Leather

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