1509 POST-INCUNABULA ILLUSTRATED antique Quadruvium Ecclesie Quattuor by J.HUG
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1509 POST-INCUNABULA ILLUSTRATED antique Quadruvium Ecclesie Quattuor by J.HUG

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Hug von Schlettstadt, Johannes.Quadruvium Ecclesie Quattuor prelatorum officium Quibus omnis anima subjicitur. With title woodcut, 9  full page woodcuts and woodcut printer's mark at colophon Paris, Guillaume Eustace; August 1, 150984 lvs.Modern leather binding in contemporary style and new endpapers.Spine with raised bandsRich blind embossing on spine and covers and gold-stamped title page at the spine-  BP16, 101350. ADB 13, 328. Brunet III, 366. Graesse VII, 385. - Very rare second edition with partial reuse of the woodcuts from the first edition of 1504 by Gruninger in Strasbourg. "Born around 1470 in Schlettstadt in Alsace, (Hug) (...) received his scholarly education at Dringenberg's school, later became vicar at the parish church of St. Stephen in Strasbourg and then chaplain to Emperor Maximilian I, who valued his insight and oratorical ability very highly. In this latter position he represented the Emperor's cause and wrote his canon law treatise, distinguished by his talent,

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