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444
Dr Eichenberger
Bein wil Am See
Aug. '96
390SF = $325

Biblia (German)
Augsburg: Gunther Zainer, [1475-6] f.0
Ref: Goff B-627 H. 3133 Pell 2372 Oates 987 Pr 1577
BMC II 323 GW 4298.
Cop: NYPL, PML, LC, UN Cal, BPub L, Paris BN,
St. Gall. HEHL.
534 leaves. 2-424, 425-534 numbered I-ccccxxj, I-CX,
the 1st blank. 2 col. 3^a 57-58 lines + headline (foliation +
name of book) 341 (251)x218mm. (GW 57-58 lines)
a^10 b^8 C^8+1 d-s^10 t^10+1, v-z A-S^10 TV^8, aa-ll^10
Type: 118d. 2 pinholes. Capitals: 2^a, 2b, 4^a, 6 (printed
in red); soem of the lombard forms do not seem to
occur eslwhere. No. 15 in Zainer's 2nd advertisement.
a 2nd Gothic type. Used from (454x309mm)
1471 onwards. Duplicate forms of A, D, M, S + other
letters - a smaller V in 1476. [inserted] - 3 in den Galatern LXvj. [end inserted]

Die epistel LXvj.
Ciiij - V - vj

Paulus zu den Galathen begins LXv
ends LXvij

- Zainer made use of picture initials for his 2 German
Bibles. The woodcuts of the 1st ed. were repeated in the
2nf with very little vatiation.
- The text is a revised version of Eggestein's Bible.
Eggestein's text is based on Mentels, the 1st German
translation of the Bible. This translation has been ascribed
to Rudigerus (Rusdiger) a professor of theology + Rector
of the Univ. of Leipzig in 1451.
HEHL 84593 W,D,O - appear to be the sam rubricated in red with colored historiated initials (many but not all)
size of leaf 18 3/4 x 13"
Galatern - begins LXV - both leaves have historiated initials
ends LXVII