![DURANTI, Guillelmus (1237-1296). Rationale divinorum officiorum. Strasbourg: [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner), not after October] 1484.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2017/CKS/2017_CKS_14301_0056_001(duranti_guillelmus_rationale_divinorum_officiorum_strasbourg_printer_o040716).jpg?w=1)
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DURANTI, Guillelmus (1237-1296). Rationale divinorum officiorum. Strasbourg: [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner), not after October] 1484.
An attractive copy of the fundamental authority for the history of Western liturgy, originally published in 1459 and frequently reprinted, describing the sources, forms, and symbolism of Christian ritual. HC *6489; GW 9126; BMC I 132; BSB-Ink D-345; Goff D-428.
Chancery folio (301 x 207mm). Without last blank, initials supplied in red and blue, rubricated (light worming touching a few letters, some toning and spotting). Contemporary German blindstamped calf over wooden boards, early manuscript spine labels and title on fore-edge, leaves from a noted early 12th-century German missal reused as endpapers (early rebacking, clasps renewed, traces of metal bosses, joints split, spine head chipped). Provenance: Jphannes Münzenberger (1540-c.1609, Prior at Frankfurt Carmelite convent; initials on binding) – Frankfurt, Carmelite convent – very occasional early marginalia – Frankfurt, City Library (stamps on title).
An attractive copy of the fundamental authority for the history of Western liturgy, originally published in 1459 and frequently reprinted, describing the sources, forms, and symbolism of Christian ritual. HC *6489; GW 9126; BMC I 132; BSB-Ink D-345; Goff D-428.
Chancery folio (301 x 207mm). Without last blank, initials supplied in red and blue, rubricated (light worming touching a few letters, some toning and spotting). Contemporary German blindstamped calf over wooden boards, early manuscript spine labels and title on fore-edge, leaves from a noted early 12th-century German missal reused as endpapers (early rebacking, clasps renewed, traces of metal bosses, joints split, spine head chipped). Provenance: Jphannes Münzenberger (1540-c.1609, Prior at Frankfurt Carmelite convent; initials on binding) – Frankfurt, Carmelite convent – very occasional early marginalia – Frankfurt, City Library (stamps on title).
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