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BONAVENTURA, MEDITATIONES VITAE CHRISTI, BOLOGNA, HENRICUS DE HARLEM, 1485, HALF MOROCCO, SULLIVAN COPY
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- Meditationes vitae Christi [Italian]. Le devote meditatione sopra la passione del nostro signore [with text ending: ritorno al sanctissimo corpo nel sepulchro]. Bologna: Henricus de Harlem, 1485
4to (200 x 145mm.), 35 leaves (of 36, without final blank), a-d8 e4, 34 lines, gothic type, illuminated initial on first leaf, 3-line initials in red or blue, red and blue paraph marks, initials coloured yellow, nineteenth-century half morocco, first leaf slightly soiled and repaired at foredge, occasional light staining
Provenance
Sir Edward Sullivan (but without his bookplate), sale, Sotheby's, 21 May 1890, lot 891, 12s, to; William O'Brien, bequest booklabel dated 1899
Literature
ISTC ib00920000; Grosjean & O'Connell 26
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
RARE. This fourteenth-century Franciscan devotional text is now attributed to Pseudo-Bonaventure. Another version of the Italian text is known, with the text ending "scripto di me nele prophetie e psalmi". Both of these translations, as well as the Latin original and translations into other languages, were printed numerous times in the fifteenth century. Henricus (Hendrik) de Harlem was associated with a group of northern (German and Dutch) printers active in the 1480s in Padua, Ferrara, Bologna, Siena and possibly Venice.