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Carcano, Michael de
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Sermonarium de peccatis per adventum et per duas quadragesimas. Basel: Michael Wenssler, 29 May 1479
- Paper
Royal folio (388 x 266mm.), 272 leaves (of 274, without initial and final blanks), [a10 b8 c-d10 e-f8 g6; h-k10 l-m6; n-q10 r-v8; A-D10.8 E-F10 G-H8 I10 K8 L10], double column, 60 lines, gothic type, heading at start of each work printed in red, 4- to 12-line initial spaces, most supplied in red, red initial strokes and underlining, manuscript quire signatures, early annotations, eighteenth-century calf, occasional light damp-staining, a few wormholes at beginning and end, binding worn but intact
Provenance
Waldsee (Swabia), Augustinian canons (dissolved 1788), inscription on first leaf; [Dr Georg Kloss? Panzer reference on flyleaf, but not found in his 1835 catalogue]
Literature
Goff C195; HC 4509; BMC iii 726; BSB-Ink C-148; Bod-inc C-087; GW 6130; Grosjean & O'Connell 36
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. Michael Wenssler was printing in Basel from about 1472 onwards, mostly producing large legal texts, until 1491, by which time business had slumped and he fled his creditors in Basel; he went on to print in Lyon, Mâcon and Cluny (V. Scholderer, "Michael Wenssler and his press at Basel", The Library, third series, III, 283-321). Basel's prominent place in printing around this time was a result of the establishment of the university there in 1460.
Michael de Carcano (1427-1484) was an Italian Franciscan preacher, one of the main preachers selling indulgences in Italy to support Sixtus IV's crusade against the Turks in Otranto; this is a reprint of the 1476 Venice edition of his sermons.