Online auction - Lot 55

[Minuscula]

2 minuscula.


Starting bid: € 80

€ 100 / 200

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Lot description

1. Kempis, Thomas a - De imitatione Christi, libri quatuor. Editio stereotypa. Tournai, J. Casterman & sons, 1850. 32mo, 5,2 x 3,5 cm: [4]-509 pp. (sm. chromo pasted on verso of title). Publ. black shagreen, blind-ruled covers, gilt-orn. flat spine, red edges. One of the several miniature editions of this devotional Christian text. This one printed in microscopic type. Ref. Welsh 3700 (= Mikrobiblion 234). - Bondy p. 93 ("The volume is quite rare"). - Opac KBR. - Not in Spielmann, BnF. Prov. "J. Bulteau" (ms. entry). - 2. Heures des jeunes chrétiens. Paris, Marcilly, s.d. 24mo, 6,8 x 4,6 cm: [2]-127-[1] pp. Contemp. red paper boards, triple gilt border on covers, flat gilt-orn. spine, a.e.g., dito slipcase (def. restored on slipcase). With an engr. title and 5 engr. pl. Charming little book of hours for young Christians containing the Order of the Mass and various services in French as well as hymns and prayers in Latin. Ref. Welsh 3458. - Not in Spielmann, BnF.

Lot 55

2 minuscula.

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