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GERARDUS ZERBOLD DE ZUTPHANIA (1367-1398). De spiritualibus ascensionibus. -DAVID DE AUGUSTA (ca. 1200-1272). De exterioris et interioris hominis compositione (book 2, chap.1). [Paris:] Jean Petit, [after 1500?].
Chancery 8° (127x90mm). Collation: a-h8 (a1 title, printer's device, a2r text of Gerardus, h6v text of David de Augusta, h8v blank). 64 leaves. 31 lines. Type: 6:65G (text), 7:ca.130G (title). Printer's device (Renouard 881), 2- to 5-line initials, paragraph marks and capital strokes in red. (Light dampstain in some lower corners.) Nineteenth-century cloth-backed glazed green paper boards.
Gerard, a member of the devotio moderna and librarian of the Brethren of the Common Life at Deventer, outlines the stages of the soul towards redemption in his important work of mystical theology. Its method of meditative exercises culminated in Ignatius Loyola's Spiritual exercises. This edition is also known with the device of Robert Gourmont substituted for Petit's on the title-page (Pellechet 5117). GW 10694; Pellechet 5118; IDL 1930. CIBN starts at H.
Chancery 8° (127x90mm). Collation: a-h8 (a1 title, printer's device, a2r text of Gerardus, h6v text of David de Augusta, h8v blank). 64 leaves. 31 lines. Type: 6:65G (text), 7:ca.130G (title). Printer's device (Renouard 881), 2- to 5-line initials, paragraph marks and capital strokes in red. (Light dampstain in some lower corners.) Nineteenth-century cloth-backed glazed green paper boards.
Gerard, a member of the devotio moderna and librarian of the Brethren of the Common Life at Deventer, outlines the stages of the soul towards redemption in his important work of mystical theology. Its method of meditative exercises culminated in Ignatius Loyola's Spiritual exercises. This edition is also known with the device of Robert Gourmont substituted for Petit's on the title-page (Pellechet 5117). GW 10694; Pellechet 5118; IDL 1930. CIBN starts at H.