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Nuremberg, Gabriel Hayn, 1554.. FIRST EDITION 1554, small 4to, approximately 170 x 135 mm, 6¾ x 5¼ inches, Latin text, small woodcut printer's device on title page, full page woodcut illustration on verso b4, a few woodcut historiated initials, leaves: [8], 1-124 (numbered on rectos only making a total of 264 pages), bound in 17th century sheep covers and rebacked in lighter calf, gilt lettering and tiny blind stamped motifs to spine, new cream endpapers followed by 1 original free endpaper. Upper cover slightly bowed and slightly rubbed at upper inner corner, neat ink initials at foot of title page (JS), a small number to top outer corner, faint orange and dusty stain to upper part of blank side of title page, faint discoloration on woodcut illustration, faint pink stain to 3 outer margins, not affecting text, old front endpaper stained at edges, small old ink stain to margin of H2, pale damp stain to lower blank corners almost throughout, leaving tidemarks, from G-H4v, a larger one on text from… Read More