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Foliophiles
Santa Fe, NM
Nov. '01
$60

Johannes de Bromyard (fl. 1390) (Philippus de Bronnerde)
Opus trivium ex lege divina; canonica et civili, *
See #661 Simon Batherius, ed. I. Jenin, alias
Lyons: Nicolaus Wolf, for Jean Diamentier,
[after 6 July] 1500. 4^0
Ref: Goff J-259 C. 1350 Pell 3024 Polain 2245
IGI 5252 CIBN J-166 Claudis IV 254-55
Copy: HEHL, B. Royal Bruxelles

Sacrilegium s3 (of 8) / *reartum ordine alphabetico.

N. Wolf was already living in Lyons in 1493,
but his earliest known book is a Roman Breviary
of 7 July 1497. He signed 4 books ed. by
Badius in Nov. 1498 + in Jan. Feb. + March
respectively of the following year, but seems to
have printed nothing further until the early
months of 1500. Some 10 editions signed by him
in this last year of the period are recorded + he
continued work until 1515.

Polain #2245 174 ffnc. Car. goth. 2 grand. 2 columns, 51 lines
Sig. a-x8y6 Capital spaces with guide letters
Type: 58 G (Haebler 6) small text type. I is scrolled,
the tail of h is curled below the line; steep
double hyphen, g In use in 1500.
112 G (Proctor 7) title + headline type. Most of the
capitals (but not R) double shanked and/or
double crossed. In use in 1500.

N. Wolf, a native of Brunswick appeared as a "fondeur
de lettres in Lyon in 1493 + supplied local printers with type
before he eventually set up as a printer in 1498.