23 Nov 2010
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Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs
Back to auction 17860
Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs
Back to auction 17860
AGRICOLA (RUDOLPHUS)
Historia periucunda sanctissime matris Anne... carmine heroico: edita. Magister Joannes Martini saganensis, with extensive annotations in a contemporary hand, including a lengthy note on verso of title, later ownership inscription on title of Emet Telek (1847), early nineteenth century green half calf, gilt panelled spine, 4to, [Leipzig], Jacob Thanner, 1507
Sold for
£1,560
inc. premium
Footnotes
- An attractively annotated copy of this scarce verse work in praise of Saint Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary, by the eminent humanist scholar and poet Rodolphus Agricola, best known for his De inventione dialectica. See illustration overleaf.
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