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Preparamentum saluberrimu Christiani homis ad mortem se disponentis.

(Köln)
(Hermann Bungart)
[1502]

€500 - €700

4to, [68] ff, two old-coloured woodcuts on title and a similar historiated initial. Printed in gothic type. A number of capital spaces with guide-letters. Rubricated throughout with some manuscript initials in red or blue. With contemporary manuscript annotations/corrections. Large printer's mark: wild man and wild woman (white on black background) at the end. Modern half vellum binding, good copy

Ref. VD16 Z-397 ; Adams T-1227 ; GW M35217. Very rare first edition of an ARS MORIENDI by the catholic priest Wilhelm Tzewers (1420-1512), author of a travel account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land

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