![GUILLERMUS Parisiensis (attributed to). Postilla super epistolas et evangelia. Augsburg: Johann Schönsperger, 'xxxiii kal. Octobris' 1495. Chancery 4° (207 x 154mm). With the 2 blank leaves. Gothic type. 53 woodcuts from 47 blocks, many woodcuts touched with contemporary colour. Leaf h3.4 reversed in binding, the correct order noted by an early reader. A few initial spaces. (Title loosening, one short tear just touching text, small marginal loss in a few leaves.) Contemporary German blind-stamped calf over unbevelled wooden boards [Kyriss 178, tools 1, 4, 6, 7, unlocalised], one fore-edge clasp (rebacked preserving some of original backstrip, somewhat worn, clasp renewed). Provenance: a little underlining -- [Principessa Piccolomini (her library joined:)] -- Schlackenwerth, Piarist College (18th-century title inscription) -- Walter Hirst (bookplate; by descent).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/CSK/2011_CSK_06332_0054_000(guillermus_parisiensis_postilla_super_epistolas_et_evangelia_augsburg010704).jpg?w=1)
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GUILLERMUS Parisiensis (attributed to). Postilla super epistolas et evangelia. Augsburg: Johann Schönsperger, 'xxxiii kal. Octobris' 1495. Chancery 4° (207 x 154mm). With the 2 blank leaves. Gothic type. 53 woodcuts from 47 blocks, many woodcuts touched with contemporary colour. Leaf h3.4 reversed in binding, the correct order noted by an early reader. A few initial spaces. (Title loosening, one short tear just touching text, small marginal loss in a few leaves.) Contemporary German blind-stamped calf over unbevelled wooden boards [Kyriss 178, tools 1, 4, 6, 7, unlocalised], one fore-edge clasp (rebacked preserving some of original backstrip, somewhat worn, clasp renewed). Provenance: a little underlining -- [Principessa Piccolomini (her library joined:)] -- Schlackenwerth, Piarist College (18th-century title inscription) -- Walter Hirst (bookplate; by descent).
The woodcuts derive from the Basel series of 1494, now augmented to total 53. H 8297 (I); GW 12011; BMC II, 369; BSB-Ink H-171; Schreiber 4154 (II), 4160 (I); Goff G-699.
The woodcuts derive from the Basel series of 1494, now augmented to total 53. H 8297 (I); GW 12011; BMC II, 369; BSB-Ink H-171; Schreiber 4154 (II), 4160 (I); Goff G-699.
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Please note that the clasp is now detached but present.