NIDER (Johannes). [Præceptorium divinæ legis seu expositio d - Lot 57

NIDER (Johannes). [Præceptorium divinæ legis seu expositio decalogi]. [On the colophon:] Finis præceptorii magistri Johannis nyder sacre theologie professoris eximii. S.l.n.d. [Coloniæ, Johannes Guldenschaff, circa 1481]. In-4°, sow-skin over aisle, cold phylactery decoration with the name "Paulus" repeated adorning the boards, title painted on label pasted at the head of the first "Præceptorium fratris // Johannis Nider", ribbed spine with label at the head "I N // Expositio // Decalogi", metal clasps (period binding). 270 ff. (of 272) [1st, 11th & 16th blank], signed: a8, b-c10, a-n8, o-p6, aa-qq8. Two-column text with 37 lines. Incipit (second f. a1): "Incipit prologus in exposicionem decalogi um fratrem Johannem Nider sacre theologie professorem ordis predicatorum." A few ink-drawn initials. From the libraries of Georg Franz Burkhard Kloss (1787-1854), with bookplate; & of Baron de Bethmann (sale June 1, 1923, no. 252). Ff. g2 & g7 lacking; worm damage in boards and ff.; leather part of clasps missing; period handwritten inscriptions in text; ink stain on f. k4. Copinger, II, 4413; Mazarine, p. 729, no. 1306. A fine copy of this unmistakable edition in its original binding, of this treatise on moral theology by the Dominican Johannes Nider (circa 1380-1438). See reproductions - Antique Books 16th - 18th c.