Accession number:
PML 20583
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.
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.
Provenance:
From the Huth collection (with bookplate) bought by Quaritch, 1911 for £1500 to Fairfax Murray, his sale, Dec., 1917.
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