Live auction - Lot 735
[Italy - Treviso]
De fine mundi.
[Treviso, Gerardus de Lisa, de Flandria], 9 March 1475
€ 1.200 / 1.600
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Lot description
4to: [20] ff., 26 ll. (ff. 1-8-15 stained, some foxing).
Mod. half vellum, marbled paper covers, flat spine with ink title, red sp. edges (covers sl. rubbed).
First edition of this eschatological work by Vincent Ferrier (1350-1419). This Valencian Dominican friar describes the end of the world, in particular the end of spiritual life, ecclesiastical dignity and the Catholic faith. Printed by Gerardus de Lisa, the first printer active in Treviso. Gothic type. One initial in blue ink and one rubrication in red. Ref. ISTC if00120500. - GW 9848. - Polain 3950 (this copy). - BMC VI:884. - BSB-Ink F-94. - Not in CIBN, Goff. Prov. [Georges Petit].