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Voragine, Jacobus de — Legenda Aurea, Strasbourg, printer of the Jordanus of Quedlinburg, 16.VIII.1490.
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Voragine, Jacobus de. Legenda aurea. 263 (instead of 264) Bl. 2 columns. 46 lines. Got. Guy. Font space: 20,6 x 13,8 cm. Format: 26,6 x 19 cm. With large 8-line decorative initial "A" in alto pink sheetwork with light green and internal drawing in white and filled with gold bottom, numerous 3-4-line Lombards and continuous rubrication with underlinings and sales marks in red and blue. ==References==
==References====External links==* Official website* Official website ==References== Strassburg, printer of the Jordanus of Quedlinburg, 16.VIII.1490. Hain-Copinger-Reichling. GW . Goff J-124. Proctor 622. Bodleian J-053. Chrisman C4.2.1.i. Ernst I,1 425. Feigelmanas 243. Günther 2679. Child Göttingen 1032. Madsen 2191. Walsh 241. CR 6454. CIH 1855. CIR J-19. IBP 3005. IBS 691. IDL 2574. BSB-Ink I-96. ISTC ij00124000. - Not in the BNC, Pellechet and CIBN. – Very rare 1490 edition of the famous standing set legend from the Office of the not known so-called "Printer of the Jordanus de Quedlinburg", to which also the Strasbourg editions of 1483 (Goff J-1017), 1485 (J-110), 1486 (J-117) and 1489 (J-122). The printer may be Georg Hussner himself or a printer who continued to print with his type repertoir in Strasbourg (cf. Goff J-88 and J-92). "The so-called printer of the Jordanus of Quedlinburg is identified with him" (Benzing, Drucker, 410). – The first sheet (j1) with the title, the first of the position M at the end (M1) and the le. w. Bl. (N8). First position below with deposited edge cracks, last leaf with attached edges (both only minimal serif loss, towards beginning and end clearly stronger, otherwise only isolated more water-edge, flaky and tanned, partly somewhat finger-, isolated tinten stained and stained, in the block usually very well preserved, although with some browned damp spots and some washed out Lombards. With numerous interesting contemporary and some later marginals in red and black ink.
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Voragine, Jacobus de — Legenda Aurea, Strasbourg, printer of the Jordanus of Quedlinburg, 16.VIII.1490.

Incunable: 'Legenda Aurea' by Jacobus de Voragine. Strasbourg, 1490. Large decorated initial, rubricated text.

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1.000 €

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Price checked 26/09/2026, 12:10:04

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12d 10h 41m
Bid on Galerie Bassenge

Lot Details

Lot #
1037
Currency
EUR
Location
Berlin, DE
Lot Ends
8 Oct 2026, 23:59:59
Auction Ends
8 Oct 2026, 23:59:59
Lots in Auction
388

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