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MATTHAEUS DE CRACOVIA (c.1335-1410). De modo confitendi et puritate conscientiae. [Paris: Antoine Caillaut, c.1494, c.1483].
An exceptionally rare edition of a theological treatise addressing sin, confession, and the needs of penitents. Goff gives a date of around 1483. ISTC lists just three copies in institutions; ABPC/RBH record no copies at auction. Goff T-302; ISTC im00372350; GW M21734.
Chancery quarto (220 x 141mm). 24 leaves, with the last blank (a few leaves faintly thumb-soiled, marginal tear not affecting text in b5). Modern calf. Provenance: some contemporary underlining and annotations, most trimmed by the binder.
An exceptionally rare edition of a theological treatise addressing sin, confession, and the needs of penitents. Goff gives a date of around 1483. ISTC lists just three copies in institutions; ABPC/RBH record no copies at auction. Goff T-302; ISTC im00372350; GW M21734.
Chancery quarto (220 x 141mm). 24 leaves, with the last blank (a few leaves faintly thumb-soiled, marginal tear not affecting text in b5). Modern calf. Provenance: some contemporary underlining and annotations, most trimmed by the binder.
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