Live auction - Lot 982
De Fide & operibus liber unus.
Paris, [N. Barbou for] J. Foucher, 1542
Hammer price: €
350
€ 350 / 500
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Lot description
16mo: 55-[1 bl.] ff. (a few contemp. marginal annotations).
Contemp. blind-decorated calf, covers with blind-stamped crowned dolphin within double blind-ruled frames with corner ornaments, spine with 4 raised bands (expertly rebacked). Excellent copy.
Very rare separate ed. of a major text on Faith. The ed. was printed by Barbou and shared by 3 publishers.
Ref. BP16 110523. - Renouard, Barbou, 268. - Not in Adams.
Bound with, 3 other Paris editions of Augustin’s shorter works: 1. De natura & gratia, liber unus. [N. Barbou for] M. de La Porte, 1542. 67-[7] ff. Ref. BP16 110527. - Renouard, Barbou, 270. - Not in Adams. - 2. Ad Europium [!] & Paulum episcopo, liber de perfectione iustitiae contra Celestium [and: De praedestinatione disputatio]. A. Augereau, 1534. 56 ff. Ref. BP16 107402. - Not in Adams. - 3. De spiritu & litera liber unus. [N. Barbou for] J. Foucher, "2451" [= 1542]. 71-[3] ff. Ref. BP16 110529. - Renouard, Barbou, 271. - Not in Adams.
Prov. François II, Dauphin (crowned dolphin).