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Auction Closed
December 3, 04:27 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
DICTA DE ARBORE QUAE DICITUR IMAGO HOMINIS
[Esslingen: Conrad Fyner, c. 1477-1479]
4to (217 x 140mm.), 28 leaves, [a-b10 c8], 30 lines, gothic type, some woodcut initials (coloured red), red initial-strokes and underlining, traces of manuscript quire catchwords, modern boards, last leaf slightly soiled
The only fifteenth-century edition of this devotional text. Fyner began printing in Esslingen in 1472.
LITERATURE:
ISTC id00183000