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<dl><dd>Latin distichs with German rhymed translation and Latin commentary.</dd>
<dd>Date of printing differs depending on source. Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke dates to ca. 1483; Incunabula short title catalogue and others date to ca. 1484; Goff assigns to ca. 1485.</dd>
<dd>Signatures: [1-3⁸ 4⁶] ([1]₁=blank; all leaves unsigned)</dd>
<dd>Chancery quarto; [1]₄ verso: 31 lines, 135 x 81 mm; type: 87; initial spaces without guide letters. 53 woodcuts, two of which are full-page.</dd>
<dd>Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, 502</dd>
<dd>Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 10274</dd>
<dd>Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, R152</dd>
<dd>Incunabula short title catalogue, 00152000</dd>
<dd>COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.155 rubricated in red throughout. Leaf dimensions: 182 x 131 mm.</dd>
<dd>PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.155 with dealer's notes, etc., at front and back, including a pencil collation note (Quaritch?). Engraved armorial bookplate of Sir William Curtis. Purchased in June, 1953.</dd>
<dd>BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.155 bound in modern blind tooled goatskin. All text block edges gilt.</dd></dl><br>Subjects:</div>
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Franciscus, de Retza, approximately 1343-1427</div>
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