Live veiling - Lot 904
[Postincunable - Antwerp imprint]
Historia evangelica, versu heroico descripta [...].
Antwerp, [Widow M. de Keyser], 1538
€ 450 / 600
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2 works in 1 vol. 8vo: [72] ff. (toned, somewhat short, title soiled and underlaid) [bound with] ARATOR – Acta apostolica, carmine heroico descripta. Antwerp, J. Grapheus, 1534 (col.: 1535), [48] ff.
18th-c. marbled calf, gilt spine on 4 raised bands, gilt sides, marbl. edges (sl. rubbed). Good copy.
1. Rare Antwerp postincunable edition of an early Christian Latin verse adaptation of the Gospels. Woodcut mark at the end. Printed in italics. Ref. NKr 1253. - Adams J-791. - Pettegree NB 17477. - Not in STC Dutch (BL). 2. A similar adaptation of the Acts of the Apostles. Ref. NKr 129. - Pettegree 2455. - Not in Adams, STC Dutch.