[Incunable]. Nicolaus de Blony (Blonie) (Plove, Plonius)

Tractatus sacerdotalis de sacrementis deq[ue] divinis officiis et eoru[m] administrationibus

      Imp[re]ssus Arge[n]tine [Strasbourg]:: p[er] Martinu[m] Flach,, 1496.. .. Early or original boards with remnant of old clasp; recently rebacked.. 4to. (18.6 x 13.2 cm.).. Nicolaus de Plove is also listed in Jocher, Adelung and Schulte (which we know thanks to our learned friend Jesse Mann). Lower right corner gone from I4 (leaf 67); paper flaw (browning) fore-edge of L signature -- neither touching text; 2 microscopic pin-prick size worm holes, barely noticeable, G1 to end not affecting text. Very early marginalia and markings, probably 15th or early 16th century. This copy has an early example of the title page (A)1 giving the title in full. Very early signature and ONic De PloveO in ink on the front board; two later signatures on (A)1, one crossed through. A very nice complete copy of this handbook to the sacraments by the Bishop of Posan and a fine example of 15th century printing from the famous press of Martin Flach in Strasbourg. FlachOs first book appeared in 1487, but Ohe had worked at Strassburg, presumably as a journeyman, as early as 1472O [Colin Clair, p.25 and esp. p. 89]. Ours is the only Flach/ Strasbourg imprint currently offered in the trade.