ARS MORIENDI Eyn loblich und nutzbarlich puchelein von dem s

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(ARS MORIENDI.) Eyn loblich und nutzbarlich puchelein von dem sterben. 12 (of 13?) full-page woodcuts. [14] (of [16]) leaves; lacks c1 and blank c4. 8vo, old boards, spine damaged; some soiling and stains, B1 and B6 each torn and restored with missing area of illustrations supplied in pen-and-ink facsimile and with text loss on other side. (Nuremberg: Hans Weissenburg, 1509)

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Widely translated and reprinted popular late medieval guide to preparing for death, first published in the form of block books probably dating from the 1460s and in numerous printed editions from the 1470s onward, with illustrations deriving from engravings attributed to Master E.S. Hind, An Introduction to the History of the Woodcut, pages 224-30.<