2 Oct 2012
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Early Printing and English Books to 1640
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Early Printing and English Books to 1640
Back to auction 20412
VORAGINE (JACOBUS DE)
Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia, 255 leaves (of 264, lacking 9 at end after M5), 47 lines and headline, Gothic type, double column, capitals supplied in red (a few in blue faded), rubricated throughout, single wormhole to opening few leaves, title soiled, lower fore-corners rounded throughout, ownership inscription "...me frater Darius de Manguy Bernaridta Laromocrensis nun suy F.J. Bellengrorff... ferrato vince" on first leaf, blindstamp on first and final leaves, late nineteenth century half calf, upper joint weakened, rubbed [ISTC ij00117000; BMC I 135; BSB-Ink I-90; Goff J117; GW M11277], folio (269 x 173mm.), Strassburg, [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner)], 19 December 1486
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Category: Books / Books, Maps and Manuscripts
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