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Dialogi decem variorum auctorum
Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description
- [Cologne: Printer of the 'Flores Sancti Augustini' (Johann Schilling), 1473]
- Paper
Chancery folio (275 x 193mm.), 120 leaves, [a-m10], double column, 35 lines, 3- to 6-line initial spaces with printed guides, gothic type, nineteenth-century calf by W. Pratt tooled in period style, early annotations including some headlines, early notes on final blank leaf, old manuscript title (from old flyleaf?) pasted to inside rear cover, binding slightly rubbed, upper cover detached, head of spine chipped
Provenance
"pro Arnoldo Dyest dicto abb. et canonico Tonghlen.", early inscription at head of first leaf, i.e. Arnoldus Streyters (of Diest), abbot of Tongerlo from 1526 to 1560; Sir Edward Sullivan, bookplate, sale, Sotheby's, 24 May 1890, lot 1944, £1-2s, to; William O'Brien, bequest bookplate dated 1899
Literature
Goff I180; HC 6107; BMC i 235; BSB-Ink D-103; Bod-inc D-043; GW M15282; Grosjean & O'Connell 48
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
This is one of a handful of books assigned to this anonymous press in BMC. A previous owner has written at the end "impressum Lovaniae Ao 1473 per Joannem Veldener", and it was previously identified by Severin Corsten as a Veldener imprint. However, it is now assigned to Johann Schilling of Cologne, who is known to have printed Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Walter Burley and Gesta Romanorum (also assigned in BMC to the same anonymous press) for William Caxton in 1472-1473 (see Paul Needham, "William Caxton and his Cologne partners", Ars impressoria, Munich, 1986, pp. 118-119, and Lotte Hellinga, William Caxton and early printing in England, London, 2010, p.32).