Live auction - Lot 947
[Lyon imprint]
Figurae bibliae.
Lyon, G. Rouillé, 1585
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
16mo: 802-[62] pp. (toned, minor spotting).
Cont. blind-stamped pigskin over wood, edges bevelled inside, spine on 3 raised bands, red edges (clasps and catches gone). Very good copy.
Later ed. of an exegetical and moral treatise, dealing with various subjects as abstinence, adulation, greed, poverty, hypocrisy, Christian faith, the devil, etc., compiled by Rampegollo (c. 1335-c. 1422), an Augustinian theologian from Genoa, at the request of his students in Naples. Woodcut mark on title. Ref. SvGütlingen (Rouillé) 962 = Baudrier IX:395. - Pettegree FB 84298. - Not in Adams, STC French (BL). Prov. Old ownership entry on title "Sum Conradj Hartmannj 1607". - Mod. bookpl. Gutekunst.