Bibliothecae Academicae Ingolstadiensis Incunabula Typographica by UNIVERSITAET BIBLIOTHEK, INGOLSTADT

...illustravit Sebastianus Seemiller. 4 p.l., 192 pp.; xvi, 174, [10] pp.; 2 p.l., 196 pp.; viii, 160, [21] pp. Four vols. in one. Large 4to, early 19th-cent. calf (rebacked, occasional foxing, light dampstaining in outer margins of early leaves of Vol. IV), spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Ingolstadt: J.W. Krüll, 1787-88-89-92. The rare and excellent catalogue of the incunabula at Ingolstadt in Bavaria, described by Buzas as the first satisfactory catalogue of incunabula ever issued. "Cet ouvrage, qui contient la description de plus de dix-sept cent éditions du quinzième siècle, est estimé et digne d'être consulté par tous les bibliographes. L'auteur donne une description très détaillée des volumes, et souvent indique sommairement ce qu'ils renferment."-Peignot, p. 270. Seemiller (1752-98), was librarian of the University. Fine copy. Bookplate of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana. From the library of Eric H.L. Sexton, the noted collector of incunabula. ❧ Buzas, Deutsche Bibliotheksgeschichte der Neuzeit (1500-1800), p. 55.