[Praeceptorium divinae legis, sive, Expositio decalogi]

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Author's name from incipit ([1́] recto): Incipit prologus in expositione[m] decalogi [secundu]m fratrem Iohannem Nider sacre theologie professore[m] ordinis predicatorum
Colophon ([33́] verso): Iohan[n]is Nider sacre paginis Egrigij doctoris ordinis predicatorum Conuentualis Nurenbergensis p[re]ceptorij p[re]clarissimum opus finit feliciter
Signatures: [1-29́ı 30-31́œ 32́ı 33℗£́ʻ] ([1́] and [33́́]=blank; all leaves unsigned)
Chancery folio; printed in double columns, 42 lines per column plus headline; initial spaces with guide letters

Note: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in early/contemporary blind tooled calfskin over beveled wooden boards with brass cornerpieces, centerpieces, and catch plates. Spine rebacked in modern brown goatskin (unlabeled). Leather thumb index tabs. Modern dealer's descriptions, in pencil, on front pastedown. Ca. 18th-century bibliographical inscription on front free endpaper verso. Both blanks ([1́] and [33́́]) wanting. Author's name ("Joannes Nider Ord: praedicat') on [1́] recto with printed letter "F" on paper label laid-on. Rubricated in red throughout. Medieval manuscript waste sewing guards in most gatherings. Half-page early/contemporary Latin inscription on lower pastedown. BPL Charlotte Harris Fund bookplate on lower pastedown. Ink stamp of the Austrian Bundesdenkmalamt on lower pastedown. Leaf dimensions: 288 x 207 mm. Purchased March 1937.

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