Author: Abraham a Sancta Clara [=Ulrich Megerle 1644-1709]
Title: ABRAHAMISCHE LAUBER-HUTT Ein Tisch mit Speisen in der Mitt…. Denen Juden zum Trutz, denen Christen zum Nutz an-und aufgerichtet, Wie auch mit vielen auserlesenen so wohl Biblischen als andern sinnreichen Concepten,Geschichten und Gedichten…
Description: Vienna & Nurnberg Germany, Georg Lehmann 1721 Frontispiece with a party of six sitting under a tree near their hut with a cook preparing a meal in a tent beyond +29 Floral & other initial letters 30 x 30mm + a few large handsome tail-pieces. . 4to brown leather on 4 raised bands with gilt rules and light tan spine label gilt titled [edges worn /lacking approx. 1cm at the head and foot of spine/ hinges cracking but both covers held by all cords and head-bands/ covers are thus well attached] Frontispiece + titlepage in red and black +[8pp = approbation, Privilege and Preface} + [4pp =contents] + 473pp + [37pp =index] The front free endpaper has a tearout to remove and inscription and the foot of the page there is a marginal worm tack which decreases until it ends with the last page of the contents. It just touches three letters of one word of the privilege however it just encroaches on the fore-ground of the frontis.where it makes a 1cm V shaped track not touching any of the figures, just the floor] The verso of the title + page 92 have a 2cm round purple library stamp of "S.Maria D.Lacum" The titlepage has an old ink name crossed out to the upper outer margin and "Specto ad biblio" written to the opposide margin and there are also a few ink slurps in pale brown. The text is decorated with floral initial letters [28 of them]and a few handsome, large head- and tail-pieces.The text has quite some foxing throughout and some gatherings have the text block with a uniform tanning to the text area showing that the ink used had an acidic content. The paper is still entirely sound and not brittle. There are side notes throughout the book and they are nowhere cropped having a good 2cm clear margin to the sides.No tears, no loose pages and no writing except to the titlepage.

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