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Von der fursichtigen ordnung der loblichen stat Niermberg.

Accession number
PML 129487
Creator
Rosenplüt, Hans, approximately 1400-
Object title

Von der fursichtigen ordnung der loblichen stat Niermberg.

Published

[Augsburg] : [Johann Schönsperger], [approximately 1487-1489].

Description

[10] leaves : ill. ; 27 cm (4to)

Credit line
Purchased on the Lathrop C. Harper C-1 Fund, 2003.
Notes
Title from half-title page, leaf [1]/1r.
Imprint from ISTC.
Printed in Schönsperger's types 2:96G and 3:140G.
Collation: [1¹⁰]: 10 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
A reprint (with exclusions) of the Ayrer edition of about 1488 (ISTC ir00335000).
Woodcut of the Nuremberg coat of arms on half-title page.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 19.5 x 14 cm.
Binding
18th/19th-century marbled paper wrappers (20 x 15 cm), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper endleaves.
Variant title
Spruch von der Ordnung und Regierung der Stadt Nürnberg
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubricated, contemporary red capital strokes and hand coloring of armorial on title page. Annotations: Contemporary/early-16th century inscription at end attributing printing responsibility: "Gedruckt zu Nürmberg von dem Hans Hofman [??] ist an St. Lorentz Abendt vollendet vonden [??] 1490," inscription partially removed when rebound (leaf [1]/10v).
Provenance
Donaueschingen, Fürstlich Fürstenbergische Hofbibliothek, Inc. 420, stamp (leaf [1]/1r) and reader's form from 1913 when GW examined the work; Donauesching sale, Sotheby's (London), 1 July 1994, lot 287; Hellmuth Schumann (Zürich), cat. 579 (1999), no. 203; H.P. Kraus, Inc., booklabel (front pastedown), cat. 217, no. 165; Kraus sale, Sotheby's, 4 Dec. 2003, lot 533; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased on the Lathrop C. Harper C-1 Fund, Dec. 2003.
Classification
Century
Department