Live auction - Lot 967

[Postincunable - Paris imprint]

AUGUSTINUS

Sermones ad heremitas.

Paris, J. Petit, 4 May 1513

€ 400 / 500

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8vo: [112] ff. (sl. toned, some unobtrusive dampstaining) [bound with] DICK, Leopold – Meditatio in sacrosanctam precationem Dominicam. Mainz, Fr. Behem, 1543. 8vo: [12]-139-[1 bl.] ff.

16th-c. blind-tooled pigskin over wood, edges bevelled inside, spine on 4 raised bands with old paper title label, metal clasps and catches. Nice copy.

1. Postincunable ed. of a collection of sermons by (pseudo-)Augustine. Addressed to monks, their focus on practical virtues no doubt contributed to their popularity. Woodcut mark on title. Gothic type, in 2 cols. Ref. Moreau II:491. - Adams A-2218. - BP16 102145. - Pettegree FB 55110. - STC French (BL) 35. 2. Commentary on the Lord’s Prayer by the German lawyer L. Dick (1500-1570). Ill. with 10 full-page woodcuts.Woodcut mark at the end. Ref. VD-16 ZV-26866. - STC German 241. - Not in Adams, Bn-Opale plus. Prov. On 1st title ownership entry and stamp of "Kloster Roggenburg", i.e. the Imperial Premonstratensian Abbey of Roggenburg (Neu-Ulm, Swabian Bavaria).

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Lot 967

Sermones ad heremitas.

AUGUSTINUS

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