Nider, Johannes: De contractibus mercatorum.

[Cologne]:  Conrad Winters, de Homborch [ca. 1479]
4to.   a-d8.   [32] leaves (a1, d8 blank).
ISTC in00172000;  GW M26836;  Goff N172;  Polain(B) 2886;  Bod-inc N-074;  CIBN N-101;  BSB-Ink N-144.

GIP number: N9
Shelf-mark: Sp Coll Mu15-c.22 (see main library entry for this item)
Provenance: David Murray (1842-1928), Glasgow lawyer, antiquary and bibliographer:  bookplate on front pastedown and Murray’s notes on the author and printer on free front endpaper;  source unknown.
University of Glasgow:  Murray library donation, 1927.
Binding: 19th-century half calf, marbled-paper sides, red leather title label on spine;  sprinkled red-edged leaves;  remains of a paper tab affixed to fore-edge of a2.  Size: 198 x 146 mm.
Leaf size: 194 x 141 mm.
Annotations: Number '584' in pencil on rear pastedown.
Decoration: On a2r a four-line initial 'C' with a foliate design in two shades of purple is set on a square gold ground edged in black, the initial infilled with the half figure of a man in green and brown robes within an oval green frame;  on the same page a three-line initial 'Q' with a marginal flourish is supplied in blue and red with reserved white;  four other initials supplied in red with marginal flourishes;  paragraph marks, underlining, and capital strokes in red throughout;  signature 'aiij' given red strokes.
Imperfections: None.

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