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mei/00204843 Auct. 4Q 6.75.
[00204843]
Oxford, Bodleian Library (GB)
: Auct. 4Q 6.75.
ISTC No.ia01093000
TitleArs moriendi "Cum de praesentis exilii miseria mortis transitus..."
ImprintVenice : Bernhard Maler (Pictor), Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1478
Provenance nameCohn, Albert (1827-1905), 1827 - 1905 bookseller, Berlin, Mohrenstraße, 53; see Erich Carlsohn, `Albert Cohn. Ein Berliner Antiquar, Gelehrter und Menschenfreund', Börsenblatt für den deutschen Buchhandel, 16 (1960), 748-52; Fritz Homeyer, Deutsche Juden als Bibliophile und Antiquare (Tübingen, 1963), 18-19.
NotePurchased from Albert Cohn, Catalogue (1886), no. 178 for 60 Marks; see Library Bills 26 Oct. 1886.
Provenance nameCohn, Albert (1827-1905), 1827 - 1905 bookseller, Berlin, Mohrenstraße, 53; see Erich Carlsohn, `Albert Cohn. Ein Berliner Antiquar, Gelehrter und Menschenfreund', Börsenblatt für den deutschen Buchhandel, 16 (1960), 748-52; Fritz Homeyer, Deutsche Juden als Bibliophile und Antiquare (Tübingen, 1963), 18-19.
NotePurchased from Albert Cohn, Catalogue (1886), no. 178 for 60 Marks; see Library Bills 26 Oct. 1886.