May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 160

Price Realized: $ 1,920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 1,000
Hienach volgen gebett und mainungen auf alle fest des gantzen Jars. manuscript in german and latin on laid paper, written in Kurrent script in brown ink with headings in Fraktur in red. 354 leaves. 154x99 mm, contemporary leather over wooden boards with large Crucifixion panel stamp on covers, brass catches and clasps, spine worn, damaged at top, front joint cracked, cords intact; contents relatively clean. Later owner's inscription on front pastedown ("Maria Benedicta Liebhaberin von Augsburg 1663 den 30 Appril hab ich das Buch bekommen"). Uttenweiler: "Finit . . . per me Joannes Schnell ludi moderatorem," 20 September 1606

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Prayer book for the liturgical year written by a schoolmaster in a town in southwestern Germany.