RARE LIMITED FACSIMILE EDITION OF 40 COPIES. COPY No.14 of a numbered edition issued in 1908 to 40 members of the Gesellschaft Münchener Bibliophilen (dieser Exemplar ist Nr.14 gedruckt für Dr. Hans F. Helmolt). Contains 4 separate booklets of facsimile edition of the original printed by Peter Schöffer without title page. From colophon of tenor part-book: Die Gesellschaft Münchener Bibliophilen liess diese Faksimileausgabe von Peter Schöffers Liederbuch, Tenor/Discantus/Bassus/Altus, Mainz 1513, für ihre Mitglieder in 40 numerierten Exemplaren von Hubert Kühler in München herstellen. Als Vorlage diente das einzige bekannte Exemplar des Originaldruckes auf der Königlichen Hof- und Staatsbibliothek zu München. Peter Schöffer or Petrus Schoeffer (c.1425-1503) was an early German printer, who studied in Paris and worked as a manuscript copyist in 1451 before apprenticing with Johannes Gutenberg and joining Johann Fust (Faust). Working for Fust, Schöffer was the principal workman of Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of modern typography, whose 42-Line Bible was completed in 1455. In 1455 he testified for Johann Fust against Gutenberg and by 1457 he and Fust had formed the firm `Fust and Schöffer`, producing the famous Psalter of 1457, the 1462 Bible (the fourth printed Bible, Cicero`s De officiis (1465), and Herbarius - Rogatu plurimorum..(1484), usually referred to as the `Herbarius latinus`. 200x130mm. 4 separate unpaginated booklets with external loose cover laid in grey board slipcase. Slipcase rubbed, yellowing/age-stained and slightly stained. Slipcase hinges worn and peeling/tattered. External loose cover stained; edges bumped/worn. Booklet pages yellowing, slightly wavy and rough-cut as published. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare limited facsimile of an early 16th-century edition of church chorales is in good condition.