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Soldus, Jacobus.
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Opus insigne de peste. Bologna: Johannes Schriber, de Annunciata, for Thomas de Bononia, 1478
- Paper
chancery 4to (184 x 127mm.), 36 leaves, double column, 38 lines and headline, gothic letter, initials supplied in red, limp vellum from antiphonal leaf, old collector's stamp in blank margin of second leaf verso and on blank verso of last leaf, occasional staining in gutter
Provenance
Hugo Fernandez de Burzago y Barrios, bookplate
Literature
HC 14870*; GW M42792; BMC vi 818; Goff S6; A. C. Klebs and K. Sudhoff, Die ersten gedruckten Pestschriften (1926) no. 98;ISTC is00613000
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
First edition of this early plague tractate. Soldus was a Florentine Servite, and the treatise is based on his observations of a plague epidemic in Florence in 1431. The colophon records that it was printed at the instance of Thomas de Bononia, Servite, dean of the theology faculty at Bologna. Schriber printed also two vernacular plague tracts the same year, by Baverius de Bavariis, 17 December 1478 (GW 3740), and by Hieronymus de Manfredis, after 5 December 1478 (Goff M197).