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Jacobus de Voragine
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description
- Jacobus de Voragine
- Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia. Cologne: Conrad Winters, de Homborch, 1481
- Paper
Royal 4to (280 x 190mm.), 364 leaves, [1-210 3-378 396 40-458 4610], 40 lines, gothic type, 5-line initials in red and blue with marginal penwork decoration, 1- to 4-line initials in red and blue, red initial-strokes, traces of early manuscript quiring, sixteenth-century German blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, two clasps, manuscript fragments (from three different manuscripts) removed from original binding now pasted onto new rear endpaper, with a note from the Cockerell Bindery dated 1987 regarding the repairs, in modern buckram folding box, a few edges uncut, head of initial blank leaf repaired, small hole in B8 with loss of a few letters, a few small wormholes at beginning and end, one larger wormhole in upper margin at end, rebacked and repaired at edges, binding rubbed, lacking straps
Provenance
Law Society, armorial bookplate
Literature
Goff J98; C 6424; BMC i 249; Bod-inc J-031; GW M11200
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
A crisp copy of Jacobus de Voragine's popular text of saints' lives (for a copy in manuscript, see lot 46). Winters had published another edition the year before, with the same collation though with the signatures printed; according to BMC, "his printing practice was generally irregular" (p.245).
There are a few pencil marks by Mendham, comparing this text with a manuscript text, and also marking the entry for Thomas a Becket.