Psalterium cum apparatu vulgari familiariter appresso =
Subtitle: Lateinisch Psalter mit dem teutschen Nutzlichen dabey gedruckt
Publisher: Erhard Ratdolt
Published: 1499
Place of publication: Augsburg
Language: lat; ger
Number of pages: 14
Other titles: Lateinisch Psalter mit dem teutschen Nutzlichen dabey gedruckt; Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
Work titles: Bible. Psalms. Latin & German. 1499
Notes: Imprint from colophon (o6 verso): Psalteriu[m] cu[m] apparatu vulgari p[er] more barbarico translat[e]s Auguste impressum per Erhaudum ratdolt ibidem artis impressorie magistrum apprime famosum finit. Anno domini M. cccc. xcix // Hie endet der psalter mit dem teutsche[n], nutzperkait der psalm sunderlichen, inhalt des registers dabey, gedrucket czu Augspurg von maister Erharte[n] ratdolt Nach cristi gepurt. M. cccc. xcix.

Signatures: píı 2píœ a-óı.

Chancery quarto; printed in black and red; Latin text surrounded by German translation; woodcut initials.

Text in Latin and German.

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P-1068

Catalogue of books printed during the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, 390

Incunabula short title catalogue, ip001068000

Cataloged 20171011 jmoschella

condition reviewed 20171030 cletizia

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy quarterbound in early/contemporary brown leather and wooden boards. Spine unlabeled. Brass clasp and catch plate (possibly later), with initials "BH" and profile portrait stamped onto clasp. Leather thumb index tabs. BPL bookplate of the James Lyman Whitney Fund. Early paper manuscript waste front flyleaf. Some gatherings with parchment manuscript waste sewing guards. Early/contemporary Latin prayer inscription, with German caption, on pi2 recto. Early Latin prayer inscriptions on b5 verso, b6 recto, and b7 recto. German inscription on o6 verso. Blind impressions from bearer types on o7. Leaf o8 (blank) wanting. Leaf dimensions: 215 x 157 mm. Purchased March, 1937.