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because it puts an end to a suit.

Chirograph - an early form of indenture. Fine - a final agreement between persons concerning lands or rent. The fine was engrossed in triplicate + cut into 3 parts, 2 indentures + a foot. The foot was held as a record in the Court of Common Pleas. In a deed executed in duplicate the 2 parts are called the original + the counterpart.

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Petrus Comestor (ca 1100-1178) Historia scholastica Strassburg: Georg Husner) 15 July 1500. f0 Ref: Goff P-466 H. 5538 Pell 3883 Polain (B) 3094 Pr 749 BMC I 163 IGI 7628. German Haebler, Plate 92 Cop: HEHL, Uchi L, B. Nat.

208 leaves, the last blank. 2 col. 5a: 51 lines + headline 201 (218)x138mm a8b-z6 A8B-G6 H-K8 Types: 156, leaded to 190, title + headlines. (p5) title + headline type. 80 text (p6) the common text type. C with a slanting uniner stroke. Spaces, with guide letters for capitals

G. Jusner (2nd Press) 1st Press - earliest book known, 22 Nov. 1473. After 1479 Husner cannot be traced at work until 1493. HEHL #103146 rub. in red historia actuum apoutolorum my leaf K5 (of8) begins G5 (of 6) ends K7 last leaf of the book, total ca. CXXVii K8 blank (missing) CX - CX ante presidem contra tertulliu oratorem contendit. CXI CX felix voluit pecundia extorquere a paulo. CXVIII - De tempestate in mari quam predixerat paulo. before - historia evnagelica - begins B1 (of 6).

Quaritch Cat. 1215 #210 One of the most popular books of the middle ages, a compendium of biblical + pagan history which became essential reading in the medieval schools. The author was a Paris master who became Chancellor in 1169 + died about 10 yrs later. It was a 'set book' in the schools + formed the subject of lecture courses; hence it got its name, the Historia Scholastica; but the 12th C masters knew it simply as the Histories. They call the Comestor 'the master of the Historyies, as they call the Lombard' the master of teh sentences'. Outside the schools it became a classic with both the clergy + laity. An interesting feature of the Historia, first recognised in the 17th C., is the use of Comestor made of Jewish and other "unauthoritative" sources. The Latin Historia scholastica prepared by P. Comestor - La Bible historiale, Trans. by Guyard des Moulins. A narrative based largely on the historical books but not following them clocely + selecting incidents to point a moral. THe literary type is accordingly reffered to as a "moralized" Bible. Guyart had originally planned to present a faithful translation of P. Comestor's Historia adding to it a translation of these sections of the Vulgate that Peter's commentary elucidated. Although this plan limited Guyart to the historical books of the Old + New T. Only, he decided to include a translation of Proverbs + parts of other sapiential books as well.

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Gart der Gesundheit Strassburg: Reinhard Beck, 1521; Chancery folio 1992 Sold at Christie's for $17,600 Ref: Hunt I, 21, Nissen 2285 Weller 1710 Choulent P. 24, #68 Pritzel, 10831 Ritter 1138, Schmidt 33, Becher 36. Copy: Hunt, London, Wellcome (def.) Enlangen BU.

184 leaves, with foliation + signatures Type: 96 G Double col. 46 lines a-z6 A-D6 E-F8 G6. 283x198mm (11 1/8 x 7 13/16") Second ed. printed by Beck illust with the same small woodcuts as his 1515 ed. Most o fthe cuts are crude copies of the woodcuts originally used by J. Gruninger in his ed. o fthe Gart + later used by Beck's predecessor J. Pruss for his ed. o fthe Hortus Sanitatis. Choulant p. 24 #68 2 col, mit Sign a-z, A-G. 6 ungezahlte (uncounted) 160 gezahlte und 18 ungezahlte (uberhaupt 184) B11.

Hunt I #21 leaves: [vi], CLX [18] 2 col. 46 lines on (h6) recto col. 2. Many errors in foliation + chapter numbers. leaf 9 13/16 x 7 1/16" Part I contains the foreward. Part II contains chapters I-CCCCXXV. Part 2 begins on leaf b1 verso; part 3 on E5 verso Part 4 on E7 recto and Part 5 on F1 recto The Beches copy no bound. - approx. 400 text woodcuts of plants, animals, minerals + genre scenes; 5 lines metal cut crible initials.

Tractatus de hubis - Hortus sanitatis Press ca. 1499 HEHL #103538 Same wood cuts Amigdala b4 (of 6) Capitulum XXV: XXXV Anacerdus " XXVi XXXIIII before Anctum (Dill) " XXIIII after Amidum " XXVii HEHL #88407 Gart - Schonsperger, 1488 Das XXXIIII Capit elephantenhaus (Anacardus) page B4 d1 (of 8) woodcut differs somewhat Mandelbaum XXXV. (Amigdala) page 35 d1 (of 8) woodcut differs XXXVI - Aloe (Aloe grece et latine) XXXIII - Eychbaun (Aorbor glendis latine) p. 101 1951 Guternberg Jahubuch Z 124A2 G85 Strass. Jean Pruss 1480-1510, died at age 67, son - Jean Pruss (1511-1551). et une fille du nom de Marguerite* qui se masia en 1511 avec l'imprimeu Rene Beck (1511-1522) originare de Cologne. -printed 34 works - only 5 in German (Le Krauterbuch 1515-1521). *Married 2nd - Jean Schwen (1524-1527) originaire de Marbug 3rd - Balthasas Beck (1527-1551) L'activite des successeurs du vieux Pruss s'etard donc sur une periode de 40 ans; l'imprimerie des Beck prend fin la meme annee que elle de Jean Pruss fils, le beau-frere des, trois imprimuers qui se son succedes dans l'imprimerie de Marguerite Pruss et qui l'ont epousee successivement soit, Rene Beck, Jean Schwan et Balthasas Beck.