Live auction - Lot 751
[Devotion]
Enchridion militiae Christianae, ad novitatem vitae, quae in Christo est, perfecte instituens.
Paris, P. Gautier for J. Barbé & Cl. Garamond, 1545
€ 250 / 400
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Lot description
8vo: [16]-222-[2 bl.] pp. (toned, worming in blank bottom margin of 1st quires).
Contemp. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (almost loose, head and fore-edge def.).
Devotional work by the Cologne Carthusian Landsberg (1489-1539), dedicated to a fellow monk, Daniel Arents van Gheervliet (a former parish priest of Kortenaken). The title echoes Erasmus’ famous Enchiridion militis Christiani.
Ref. BP16 112156. - Renouard (Barbé) III:40:46. - Adams L-162.
Prov. Contemp. inscription on front endpaper and flyleaf. - Libr. stamps.
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