Live auction - Lot 1277
[Devotion]
4 ed. of the Soliloquies.
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
12mo or 8vo.
The major work of the Dutch mystic Gerlac Peterssen (Deventer 1377-1411), living in the Windesheim Congregation, the centre of the Modern Devotion. "He has been called another Kempis, and several critics have ascribed to Kempis words or theories which belong to Gerlac." (Wikipedia).
1. De innighe alleen-sprake [...] [trsl. from the Latin Nicasius van Heese O.F.M.]. Ghent, M. Maes, 1700. 144-[4] pp. Contemp. sheep (rubbed), flat spine. Ref. Bibl. gant. 1685. - BCNI 15923. - STCV. Prov. Collector's ticket. - 2. Idem. Ghent, J. van den Kerchove, 1633. 174-[2] pp. Contemp. vellum (some def.), flat spine. Ref. Bibl. gant. 783. - BCNI 8603. - STCV (1 compl.). Prov. Libr. stamps. - 3. Les soliloques de Gerlac [...], dit un autre Thomas a Kempis. Paris, Ch. Savreux, 1667. 2 parts in 1 vol., [14]-338-[6] pp. (without the 3rd part "La vie de Gerlac"). Contemp. sheep. Ref. BnF. Prov. Old ownership entries on title and flyleaf. - 4. Brandende alleenspraak met God. Hasselt, Heideland; Bussum, P. Brand, 1947. 163 pp. Black gilt-titled cloth. Prov. Bookseller's ticket. - Dedication from the Flemish poet Marnix Van Gavere (1897-1974) to one Brother Maximinus.