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Hanapus, Nicolaus, Patriarch of Jerusalem
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description
- The Ensamples of Vertue And Vice, Gathered oute of Holye Scripture … Very Necessarye for All Christen Men and Women To Loke upon. And Englyshed by Thomas Paynell. London: Printed by John Tisdale, 1561
- paper, ink, leather
8vo (5 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.; 133 x 83 mm). Title within woodcut architectural border (McKerrow & Ferguson 52), text in black letter, woodcut initials and tailpieces; fore-edge of d1 and small hole in d4 repaired. Nineteenth-century black morocco gilt, edges gilt; joints rubbed.
Provenance
The Bute Library (Cardiff Castle armorial bookplate; sale, Christie's London, 15 March 1995, lot 117)
Literature
STC 12742; ESTC S103820
Catalogue Note
The Bute copy. First and only edition in English of an important medieval text on the Virtues and Vices.