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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Des Ehelichen ordens spiegel vnd regel in zehen capitel geteilet : Darinne man sihet wer den Ehestand gestifft was er sey vnd wie man sich darinne halten sol. / Durch Johan. Spangenberg.

Accession number
PML 198656.1
Creator
Spangenberg, Johann.
Published
Gedruckt zu Wittemberg : durch Peter Seitz, 1573
Credit line
William Wyer,
Description
[352] pages ; 15 cm (8vo)
Notes
Imprint from colophon (leaf Y7v).
Title page printed in red and black, with a round woodcut of God the Father joining the hands of Adam and Eve.
Signatures: A-Y⁸, leaf Y8 blank.
Binding
16th-century German gilt-tooled calf in an all-over openwork interlace, over thin pastepaper boards, sewn on 4 supports, by Jakob Krause, ca. 1584. Edges are gilt and gauffered in a foliate design, with traces of contemporary coloring. Plain paper pastedo
Variant title
Ehelichen Ordens, Spiegel, und Regel
Provenance
Maria Geiger, inscription: "Dises buch gehört der lugendsamen und zuchtigen Jungkfrowen Maria Geigeri alhie(?) zu Augspurg 1616" (front endleaf 1 recto) and a further inscription recording the death of her cousin Bartholomeus Kemert on 10 Nov. 1616 betwe
Classification
Century
Department