1561 ST.AUGUSTINE antique HAND TOOLED PIGSKIN BINDING w/ CLASPS 16th CENTURY v.8

img{max-width:100%} Augustine, Aurelius. AURELII AUGUSTINI HIPPONENSIS EPISCOPI ENARRATIONES in PSALMOS MYSTICOSTomi OctaviLugduni (Lyon), Iacobi Iuntae; 1561With  woodcut printer's device. Size 4.5 by 7"  (16.5x10.5cm.)(8), 1076, (90) ppBlind tooled pigskin over wood panels bindingIntact brass claspsVery good conditionManuscript title on the spine and front coversThe center panel of the front cover depicting the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan, the back cover shows the Mercy Seat with God the Father and Christ in his arms, above the Holy Spirit. Provenance: from the library of the bibliophile Ferdinand Hoffmann von Grünbühel and Strechau (1540-1607), with his signature and the Memento Mori motto "Zeittlichs Zergankhlich" as well as the year 1581. Hoffmann came from Styria and was, among other things, the president of Emperor Rudolf's court chambers II., who lent him estates in Moravia. Hoffmann's heirs then continued to expand the book collection. In 1664 the collection became the pro