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Early incunabula Edition of Johannes Nieder renowned handbook for confessor
Nider, Johannes. Manuale confessorum. [Basel : Michael Wenssler, not after 1474].
Folio (290 x 215 mm), later stiff vellum binding, signature [a10 b c8 d10 e f8] but all leaves unsigned, [a1r] Nider, Johannes: Manuale confessorum. Incipit: '[Q]uoniam iuxta beati Gregrii(!) in suo Pastorali sententiam regimen animarum est ars artium . . .'
6-lines red letter "Q" on opening page.
Johannes Nider (1380-1438) was a German Dominican religious and friar. He entered the order of the Dominican friars in Colmar in 1402, then studied in Cologne and at the University of Vienna (1422-1426). He took part in the Council of Constance (1414-1418) and became one of the main exponents of the reforming current within the Dominicans.
He was also a prolific writer and polemicist, as well as author of various religious treatises and can be considered the most important church authority to write on witchcraft in the early fifteenth century.… Read More

Early incunabula Edition of Johannes Nieder interpretation of the Ten Commandments
Nider, Johannes. De morali lepra. [Basel: Michael Wenssler, not after 1475].
Folio (290 x 215 mm), later stiff vellum binding, gilt frame on boards, signature [a10 b–g8 h10]; [a1r].
Incipit: '[O]lim Deum legimus in Leuitico veteris testamenti mandasse sacerdotibus . . .' Explicit: late dictum est. Et sic de lepra morali dixisse sufficiat etc.
6-lines red letter "O" on opening page.
Early edition of Nider treatise on the interpretation of the Ten Commandments, and an outline of human vices, dedicated to confessors and preachers.
Johannes Nider (1380-1438) was a German Dominican religious and friar. He entered the order of the Dominican friars in Colmar in 1402, then studied in Cologne and at the University of Vienna (1422-1426). He took part in the Council of Constance (1414-1418) and became one of the main exponents of the reforming current within the Dominicans.
He was also a prolific writer and polemicist, as well… Read More