[Early Printing] Group of Leaves From 4 Early Printed Works

1. Leaf From the Koberger Bible (Biblia Germanica)
Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, February 17, 1483. Single folio leaf, 14 1/4 x 10 in. (356 x 254 mm). Fol. CCXXI. Black letter, in two columns, with two initials in red ink. Bound in three-quarter faux vellum over marbled paper covered-boards, printed label on front cover; light soiling and spotting to recto and verso of leaf. ISTC ib00632000

2. Botho, Konrad
Three Leaves From Chronecken der Sassen (Low German)
Mainz : Peter Schoeffer, March 6, 1492. Three folio leaves, each 11 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (302 x 213 mm). Leaves M3, M4, and D6 (bound out of order), each hand-colored. With two facsimile leaves. Bound in marbled paper-covered boards, printed label on front board; leaves soiled; wear along extremities; approximately five-inch repaired tear in bottom edge of D6. ISTC ic00488000

3. Petrarch
Nine Leaves from Opera Latina--the First Collected Edition of the Latin works of Petrarch
Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1496. Nine consecutive folio leaves (10 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.; 273 x 200 mm), aa1-8 and bb1. Roman type, with with red and blue ink Lombard initials and red capital accents. Bound in quarter vellum over marbled paper-boards, scattered light soiling to leaves; small wormholes in lower gutter of leaves; light dampstaining in fore- and lower edges of all leaves. ISTC ip00365000

4. Leaf from the Halberstädter Bible (Biblia Dudesch)
Halberstadt: Lorenz Stuchs, 1522. Folio leaf, 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (349 x 248 mm). Leaf a7. In two columns, with large woodcut. In black letter. Bound in brown paper-boards, printed label on front board; staining along leaf edges; old tape residue at bottom verso.

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Provenance

From the collection of Justin G. Schiller

[Early Printing] Group of Leaves From 4 Early Printed Works

[Early Printing] Group of Leaves From 4 Early Printed Works