Bernardus Claravallensis, Saint.

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 GBP

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Description

Sermones de tempore et de sanctis. Brussels: [Fratres vitae communis, 9 June] 1481

Chancery folio (270 x 193mm.), 223 leaves (of 224, without initial blank), double column, 40 lines, Gothic letter, 2- to 8-line initial spaces (some with printed guides), initials, initial-strokes and paragraph-marks in red, modern calf-backed boards retaining old spine label, a few wormholes (some affecting text), occasional slight damp-staining

Provenance

Presented to the Truro Theological Library by the Revd G.J. Cornish; Truro Cathedral; Bishop Philpott's LIbrary, Truro, bookplates

Literature

HC 2845=2911; GW 3941; Goff B433 (3 copies). ISTC lists 5 copies in the UK (including the present copy), of which 2 are incomplete.