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Cologne; 1481.] HIST. OF THE THREE KINGS.
331
713. Historia Trium Regum, &c. Printed hy
JBartholomceus deUnckel. Cologne. 1481. Quarto.
This beautiful copy of a specixnen of a rare printer, aiul of a curious
work, may be held in no small estimation. It affords us, also, nearly
the same type or character with which Ulric Zel, the father of the
Cologne press, commenced his career; but the forms of the letters are
sharper, and the workmanship is more skilful. The present appears to
be the second inapression; the previous one having been published
in 1477. The editions of 1481 and 1486 are slightly noticed by
Maittaire, in his Appendix tohis Index, p. 549—and a copy of the latter
was sold at the Valliere sale for 80 livres. Cat. de la Valliere, vol. iii.
p. 107.
On the recto of a ij, is this prefix to the first chapter: (the preced-
ing leaf, which contains the title, being wanting in this copy.)
&eum&is£imo itt rpo patri ac tmo bonilo
ssorecio fce toeuieftoue tiiuina puitiecia mo^
ttasteriegig ecclegie egi^copo bigsoimo.
€ajpi. gmu.
On the reverse of k vj, at top:
EiBer tie gegtig ac trina fitt&io2f triu regttm
tnslacone. qni getium pmicie et txtplar oaiu
tio otm fuert rpiattois. g me 23artijolomett
tie ImcRel. anno a natltate rpi. ^.cccc.tari*
sitieli eraracoe imps£u£. ssnit feliciter.
The register, or list of chapters, follows. On the recto of k 10, at
bottom:
^i^torie fjuiug ergsicit rcgiotrum/.
The preceding signatures have each 8 leaves. This is a very beautiful
copy; in x*ed morocco binding.
331
713. Historia Trium Regum, &c. Printed hy
JBartholomceus deUnckel. Cologne. 1481. Quarto.
This beautiful copy of a specixnen of a rare printer, aiul of a curious
work, may be held in no small estimation. It affords us, also, nearly
the same type or character with which Ulric Zel, the father of the
Cologne press, commenced his career; but the forms of the letters are
sharper, and the workmanship is more skilful. The present appears to
be the second inapression; the previous one having been published
in 1477. The editions of 1481 and 1486 are slightly noticed by
Maittaire, in his Appendix tohis Index, p. 549—and a copy of the latter
was sold at the Valliere sale for 80 livres. Cat. de la Valliere, vol. iii.
p. 107.
On the recto of a ij, is this prefix to the first chapter: (the preced-
ing leaf, which contains the title, being wanting in this copy.)
&eum&is£imo itt rpo patri ac tmo bonilo
ssorecio fce toeuieftoue tiiuina puitiecia mo^
ttasteriegig ecclegie egi^copo bigsoimo.
€ajpi. gmu.
On the reverse of k vj, at top:
EiBer tie gegtig ac trina fitt&io2f triu regttm
tnslacone. qni getium pmicie et txtplar oaiu
tio otm fuert rpiattois. g me 23artijolomett
tie ImcRel. anno a natltate rpi. ^.cccc.tari*
sitieli eraracoe imps£u£. ssnit feliciter.
The register, or list of chapters, follows. On the recto of k 10, at
bottom:
^i^torie fjuiug ergsicit rcgiotrum/.
The preceding signatures have each 8 leaves. This is a very beautiful
copy; in x*ed morocco binding.