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Methodius, [De Revelatione], Basel, 1515, modern calf

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November 30, 04:19 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

[Pseudo] Methodius


[De revelatione; edited by Sebastian Brant and Wolfgang Aytinger]. (Basel: Michael Furter, 1515)


4to (202 x 142mm.), woodcut on title-page, woodcut illustrations, modern calf, lacking a8 (supplied in facsimile), a1 repaired in gutter, a few repaired wormholes


The Revelations of St Methodius (died 312) were first published in 1496, and Brant's version was first published by Furter in 1498, with woodcuts. It is surmised that the author is more likely to be the Augsburg monk Wolfgang Aytinger, in the context of a planned crusade against the Turks.


PROVENANCE

Franciscan convent, manuscript inscription at head of title-page; Nazario Pavoni, bookplate on inside lower cover


LITERATURE

VD16 M 4935 (recording 4 copies); cf. Fairfax Murray, German 289 (1504 edition)

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