[Breviarium Fratrum Praedicatorum]
Lenglin, Johannes,active 1484,associated name.StEdNL
Watson, W. F.(William Findlay),1810-1881,former owner.StEdNL
Dominikanerkloster Frankfurt am Main,former owner.StEdNL
Scottish National Portrait Gallery,depositor.StEdNL
Impressum Venetijs. : [Andreas Torresani, per Giovanni de Colonia, Nicolaus Jenson],
MCCCCLXXXI. die XXI. Noue[m]bris. [21 Nov. 1481]
Title and imprint from ISTC.
Printed in two columns in red and black.
Signatures: [15 leaves unsigned] a-z⁸ A-N⁸ O¹².
Initial on recto of leaf a1 supplied in blue and red.
Recto of leaf a1 has floral border at foot of text.
Preliminary 15 leaves do not match those found in the copy at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich - https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0004/bsb00048784/images/
Extensive early inscriptions on front flyleaves and inside of back board.
ISTC
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IGI
INC
Ink inscription on verso of front flyleaf: Emptu[s] p[er] f[ratrem] Johannem Lenglin de herbipoli [word scored out] Anno 1484 michaelis. Early ink inscription at foot of recto of leaf a1: fratrum predicato[rum] frankfordie. On deposit from the Watson Collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Early blind stamped leather over wooden boards. Originally with clasps and bosses of which no trace remains.
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Italy Venice.