[HIERSEMANN, LEIPZIG - KATALOG 582]

[INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Inkunabeln. Mit 35 Abbildungen von Druckermarken, Einbanden, Holzschnitten und Typen. Katalog 562

Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, March 1928. Small 4to. iv, 103, [4] pp. With 35 illustrations in text. 192 incunables described, plus index. Original wrappers (front cover splitting, spine worn and partially defective, covers slightly soiled). NOT ex-library! Good. Item #3144

Who today could even conceive of procuring 192 incunables and offering them in a single bookseller's catalogue? So it went with Hiersemann, a towering figure among purveyors of early printed books. In the present catalogue we find two incunables that were purchased by William Schiede: 53.9 (item 12) = Mentelin's great Biblia Germanica 1466, a superb copy; and 571 / Inv. 125 (item 93) = Sorg's Biblia Germanica 1480.

¶ From the famed Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana (sale at Christies NY, 2005, lot 1275).

Price: $65.00