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566
Pirages
McMinnville, Oregon
March '02
$150

(Pierre Bersuire Bercheure)
Petrus Berchorius (c. 1290-1362)
Liber Bibliae moralis
Ulm: Johann Zainer, April 9, 1474 f^0
See #310 #343 #294 #106 #181 Ref: Goff B-336 H 2794 Pell 2056 IGI 1487
Pr 2502 BMC II 522 GW 3862
Copy: HEHL, NYPL, LC, PML, W Art GL
Kongelige Bibliotek.

266 leaves (ann.). 2 col. 2a: 50 lines + headline, 290(299)x190 mm
Type: 116b. Capitals (1b, 3a) Border (6a) on Ia. 2
pinholes. The headings give the names of the books.
Set up in 3 sections, comprising quires a-i, k-r,
and s-D respectively.
- Zainer's large 2 sided woodcut border with scolling
flowers + foliage, at top the figure of a kneeling
jester among the vines. Woodcut capitals in 2
different styles, the larger 10 line set featuring
elaborate rope work designs, the smaller 3 line set
lombard outlines

First ed. of this extensive moralized commentary on the
Old + New Testaments printed a scant 15 months
after Zainer had established himself as Ulm's first
printer. In the present work, the colophon
expresses thanks to the clemency of the Lord that
the book has been completed by "the art of printing
(not by the pen) from letters cast in lead."
Reductorii Moralis
Liber X Secundum Regum (Liber 1-34)
Cap. 1-20 (4-6 3-5)