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Johannes Vercellensis, Sermones vademecum, [Strassburg, c. 1487-1492], half stamped pigskin
Auction Closed
December 3, 04:27 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
JOHANNES VERCELLENSIS
Sermones vademecum. [Strassburg: Johann Prüss, c. 1487-1492]
4to (203 x 140mm.), 230 leaves, a-m8.8.6.6.6.6 n-q8 r-z [et] [con] A-C8.8.6.6.6.6 D-G8 H6, 40 lines plus headline, gothic type, blind-tooled half pigskin over wooden bords, two clasps, title lettered on foredge, occasional slight damp-staining, small wormhole towards end, H3 slightly damaged at lower corner, rebacked, one clasp defective, a few small wormholes in binding
Johannes Vercellensis was General of the Dominican Order in the later thirteenth century. Johann Prüss printed another edition around the same time, [c. 1488-1491], ISTC ij00443000, and these two are the only recorded incunabular editions.
LITERATURE:
ISTC ij00442000
PROVENANCE:
Egidius Forestius (Gilles le Forestier), early inscription at end (for another work owned by him, see Macclesfield Library, sale, Sotheby's, 2 October 2008, lot 4427, a book printed in Paris in 1478-1480)