Psalterium [with] Commune sanctorum

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[293 of 296 leaves; lacking first 2 leaves of the Calendar, and final blank. [ 6 8 a x8 y12 z8 A L8 M3]. 1 vols. 8vo; 111 x 90 mm. Johann Zainer the Elder (fl. 1472-93) established the first printing press at Ulm, where his first book is dated 1473. This pocket psalter by Zainer is undated; the colophon gives only the printer s name and the city in which it was printed. ISTC gives a conjectural date of around 1480. The book s handy but fragile format, a thick octavo that would have been easily portable for late fifteenth-century users, doubtless guaranteed a low survival rate. Indeed the few copies which have survived are often incomplete fragments, or in poor condition. ISTC gives the following locations: France: Strasbourg BNU (imperfect, wanting Commune sanctorum); Germany: Bamberg SB; Berlin SB; Fulda HLB; Leipzig DB/Buch (fragment, missing); München BSB (2, imperfect); Stuttgart WLB (3); U.S.A: Washington DC, Washington Cathedral Library (this copy) The present copy the only copy in America is complete, save for the first two leaves of the Calendar, and the blank leaf at the end. Goff Suppl. P1041a; H 13475*; C 4927; GW M36206; ISTC No.: ip01041500 Bound in 18th-century paper boards, with remnant of morocco spine label, edges stained red. Spine defective and covers rubbed, but binding is sound; several leaves bear stubs at outer edge from former index tabs; first leaf of Psalter extended at inner margin; final two leaves slightly waterstained; some browning and occasional stains; text block seriously trimmed but never into text. Notes on front endpapers, and a presentation inscription in 1826 from a member of the German Methodist Episcopal Church U.S. In a custom half-morocco slipcase and chemise [293 of 296 leaves; lacking first 2 leaves of the Calendar, and final blank. [ 6 8 a x8 y12 z8 A L8 M3]. 1 vols. 8vo; 111 x 90 mm. N° de ref. del artículo 254000

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