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Augustine, Sermonum opera, Paris, 1516, contemporary pigskin, Augsburg-William Morris copy

Lot Closed

June 15, 01:55 PM GMT

Estimate

600 - 800 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Augustinus, Aurelius


Sermonum opera nuper summa cura et diligentia... impressa. Paris: Berthold Rembolt, (19 December 1516)


folio (360 x 243mm.), title printed in red and black within a woodcut border and with woodcut printer's device, large woodcut portrait of Augustine on verso of title-page, woodcut initials, some early annotations, contemporary German stamped pigskin over wooden boards, inventory number 34 on paper spine label, a few deckle edges, upper board cracked, lacking all metalwork, a few wormholes in binding


A large and crisp copy.


LITERATURE:

USTC 114628


PROVENANCE:

Augsburg, monastery of SS Ulrich and Afra, inscription on title-page; Munich, Royal Library duplicate, inscription on verso of flyleaf (there were numerous sales of duplicates in the nineteenth century); William Morris, bookplate [Peterson 1], sale of his library (via Richard Bennett), Sotheby's, 5 December 1898, lot 151, £1-13s, to Downing; [Rimmel & Sons, catalogue (1903)]

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