Cassiodorus, Expositio in Psalterium, Basel, 1491, contemporary half stamped pigskin over wooden boards

CASSIODORUS

Expositio in Psalterium. Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1491

Chancery folio (290 x 215mm.), 340 leaves, aa⁸ bb⁶ cc⁸ a–m^8.6 n–p⁸ q-z A–D^6.8 E–G⁶ H–T^8.6 U–Y⁸, double column, gothic type, initial spaces, contemporary half stamped pigskin over wooden boards from the bindery of St Peter in Salzburg (EDBD w002683), two clasps, manuscript fragments in binding, O3 repaired at foredge, binding slightly rubbed, one strap splitting

A crisp copy in a fine contemporary Salzburg binding.

LITERATURE:

ISTC ic00236000

PROVENANCE:

Georgius Meringer, presbyter; Leonhardus Graf, presbyter in Eichstätt, early inscriptions on title-page