Description:
Andreae, Johannes (c. 1270-1348) Super Arboribus Consanguinitatis. Nuremberg: Friedrich Creussner, 1483. Small folio, ten leaves, printed in a gothic type, single column, illustrated with three full-page woodcuts of trees of consanguinity: Arbor consanguineitatis on [a4v]; Arbor affinitatis on [a8r]; and Arbor cognacionis spiritualis on [a10v]; woodcuts rubricated by hand, initials, paragraph marks, and capital strokes in red; extensive contemporary marginal notes throughout in brown and red ink; first woodcut trimmed with marginal loss; second woodcut trimmed close with only minor marginal trimming, without great loss; straight-through worming likely associated with a former binding of wooden boards; bound in modern half leather with green paper-covered boards, 11 1/4 x 8 in.
[a10].
Goff A612; H 1035*; Schramm XVIII p. 14; Schr 3284; Zehnacker 158; Polain (B) 178; Oates 1060; Bod-inc A-259; Sheppard 1588; Pr 2153; BSB-Ink I-296; GW 1697.
Estimate $400-600
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