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Phil Barber
Boston, Mass.
May '01
$17.50

Biblia (cum postillis Hugonis de Sancto Caro) (c. 1200-1265)
Basel: Johann Amerbach, for Anton Koberger
[1498-1502] f^0
only the 1st 3 volumes were pritned before 1500
Ref: Goff B-610 HC 3175 Pell 2254 BMC III 759
GW 4285.
Copy: HEHL, Harv CL, New L, Colmer St B n2 (of 6)
Munchen SB, St. Gallen Stift.
Psalmus XXXIIII (35) Judica Domine 34:2 - 34.5 (Vulgate)

7 volumes I. 1499 - 464 leaves (signat a-z, A-Z, Aa-Dd 5.6 Ea5) IV. not after 1501 322 leaves VII* 430 leaves
II. 358 " V.* 264 " *1503
not after III. 268 [inserted] (signat. a-o86 p6 qr8 s-v6 v-z A-N8.6) [end inserted]. " VI.* 400 "
2 col. (sometimes only 1) of text (58 lines) surrounded by comm., (7- lines)
headline + marginalia. 263 (272)x172 (206)mm.
Types: 285, 52.
76 comm. Gothic. In use from 1489.
text type

91 text - A is diamonded. Large, pen M (Haebler M91)
Used from 1498. C round.
62 marginalia - small gothic text type. Single hyphen only.
iN use from 1492
95 Y Greek. 75 Greek - light round type. In use from 1495.
Capital spaces with guide letters. Woodcuts in Genesis,
Exodus, Kings III, Isaiah + Ezekiel
124 - heading type - h with tail level with line only. In use from 1489.
Amerbach - 1481. died Christmas Day 1513. Learned his craft at Venice,
continued to pritn into the 16th C. In addition to
Bibles + other religious texts, he also printed classical
+ humanistic works. His last book was a Gratianus
dated May, 1512.