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LUDOLPHUS DE SAXONIA. Vita Christi. Part 2 (of 2). [230] leaves. Gothic type. Printer's metal-engraved device on [D]5v. Rubricated. Folio, 400x290 mm, contemporary blind-tooled leather over wooden boards with brass catches and 9 (of 10) bosses, remnant of label frame on front cover, holes for missing chain attachment at top of rear cover, lacking clasps, quite worn overall, front joint cracked with adhesive residue along the edges of the crack, cords intact, turn-ins sprung, worming along hinges; marginal dampstaining and traces of mold through most of volume, occasional marginal tears and repairs without text loss, paper corrosion along edges of first few leaves not affecting text, severe staining on recto of first leaf not impairing legibility, manuscript headline with foliation, scattered marginalia, and list of scriptural references on verso of last leaf in early hand. Later Dortmund Dominican monastic ownership inscription; bookplate of Georg Kloss, sold as lot 2637 (with the first part, since separated) in his sale at Sotheby's, 19 May 1835. (Cologne: Nicolaus Götz, 30 April 1474)
Popular commentary on the life of Christ composed in the 14th century, first published circa 1472, and frequently reprinted. This edition was the first dated production by Götz, whose press was only the third to use a printer's device. Hain 10291; BMC I, 238; Polain (Belgium) 2532; ISTC il00338000; Davies 13.
