Live auction - Lot 890
[Antwerp imprint - Devotion]
Catholicum precationum selectissimarum enchiridion [...] [enl. ed.].
Antwerp, J. Bellerus, 1594
€ 450 / 600
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Lot description
16mo: [48]-471-[9] pp. (toned, occ. soiling).
Cont. blind panel-stamped pigskin, large panel stamp with biblical scenes on covers, spine on 3 raised bands, dark edges (rubbed, joints splitting, head def., ties gone). Very good copy.
Rare ed. of a prayer collection by the humanist teacher Verepaeus (1522-1598). Ill. with 95 woodcuts (incl. repeats). Title and calendar in red and black. Printed within ruled border. At the end a German manuscript (12 pp.) “Alte Catholische gebett für den heiligen Patronen der bruederschafft für St: Ulrich”. Ref. BT 7027. - BCNI 4249. - Nauwelaerts (Verepaeus) IV.13 (no copy). - Pettegree NB 30602. - Not in Adams, Bn-Opale plus, STC Dutch (BL). Prov. On front cover blind initials "NSRB" and date "1596". - Old German and Latin ownership entries on title and flylvs.