Platina, Bartholomaeus Sacchi de VITAE PONTIFICUM. NUREMBERG: ANTON KOBERGER 11 AUGUST 1481 Chancery folio (315 x 216mm.), 128 leaves, [a10 b-r6 s8 t6 v8], double column, 54-56 lines, gothic type, 3- to 5-line initials in red, green or blue, one 15-line initial in blue and yellow with coloured decoration extending into the margins, yellow initial-strokes, some contemporary quire numbers in red ink, contemporary Viennese blind-stamped calf over wooden boards with later bosses on upper cover and clasps, two fourteenth-century manuscript bifolia containing the text of Thomas Aquinas's Summa theologica used as pastedowns and sewing guards, some edges uncut, slight staining at foot of last few leaves, binding slightly wormed and rubbed, repaired at edges and rebacked retaining part of original spine, lacking bosses on lower cover
Platina, Bartholomaeus Sacchi de VITAE PONTIFICUM. NUREMBERG: ANTON KOBERGER 11 AUGUST 1481 Chancery folio (315 x 216mm.), 128 leaves, [a10 b-r6 s8 t6 v8], double column, 54-56 lines, gothic type, 3- to 5-line initials in red, green or blue, one 15-line initial in blue and yellow with coloured decoration extending into the margins, yellow initial-strokes, some contemporary quire numbers in red ink, contemporary Viennese blind-stamped calf over wooden boards with later bosses on upper cover and clasps, two fourteenth-century manuscript bifolia containing the text of Thomas Aquinas's Summa theologica used as pastedowns and sewing guards, some edges uncut, slight staining at foot of last few leaves, binding slightly wormed and rubbed, repaired at edges and rebacked retaining part of original spine, lacking bosses on lower cover
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