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Cordiale quattuor novissimorum. - ps-AUGUSTINUS. Speculum peccatoris. [Speier: Printer of the Postilla scolastica super Apocalypsin, c.1471].
Collation: [1-98 1010] (1/1r Cordiale, 9/8r Speculum, 10/9v-10 blank. 82 leaves. 25 lines. Type: 1:108G. 3- to 7-line initials and capital strokes in red, first initial historiated in brown penwork. Two pinholes in outer margin, contemporary MS quiring often visible.
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AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (attributed to). De vita christiana. Speier: [Printer of the Postilla scolastica super Apocalypsin, c.1471]. Collation: [18 26] (1/1r prologue, 1/2r text, 2/6v blank). 14 leaves. 32 lines. Type: 2:87R. 5-line initials, rubricated uniformly with the first work. (A few small wormholes in final two quires, light marginal stain in one leaf, hole in last leaf affecting 2 letters.)
2 works bound in one volume, half-sheet chancery 4° (204 x 145mm). Contemporary German blindstamped pigskin over unbevelled wooden boards, sides diapered with double blind fillets, titles of both works written on upper cover by a contemporary hand, pastedowns from 12th- (front) and 14th-century liturgical manuscripts on vellum with neumes, single fore-edge clasps, vellum quire guards, red-stained pigskin index tabs (small wormholes); modern light brown morocco slipcase by Bookends. Provenance: Brother ?Eriffinus ?Heyslein (inscription dated [1579]) -- Franciscan Convent of Maria Mayngau (18th-century printed label on first page) -- purchased from L. Witten, New Haven, CT, 14 April 1956, $325.
FIRST EDITION of the Cordiale, the most popular eschatalogical treatise of the late Middle Ages, printed in more than 50 incunable editions, including translations into English (printed by Caxton early in his career), French, German, Dutch and Spanish. It contains edifying anecdotes relating to the 'four last things': Death, the Last Judgement, Hell and Heaven. Its authorship has been variously ascribed, principally to Gerardus de Vliederhoven and Dionysius Carthusiensis. Probably the fifth edition of the De vita christiana. I: HC *5695; GW 7469; BMC II, 480 (IA. 8403); BSB-Ink G-110; Goff C-882. II: H *2099; GW 3041; BMC II, 481 (IA. 8413); BSB-Ink P-124; not in Goff.
Collation: [1-9
[Bound with:]
AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (attributed to). De vita christiana. Speier: [Printer of the Postilla scolastica super Apocalypsin, c.1471]. Collation: [1
2 works bound in one volume, half-sheet chancery 4° (204 x 145mm). Contemporary German blindstamped pigskin over unbevelled wooden boards, sides diapered with double blind fillets, titles of both works written on upper cover by a contemporary hand, pastedowns from 12th- (front) and 14th-century liturgical manuscripts on vellum with neumes, single fore-edge clasps, vellum quire guards, red-stained pigskin index tabs (small wormholes); modern light brown morocco slipcase by Bookends. Provenance: Brother ?Eriffinus ?Heyslein (inscription dated [1579]) -- Franciscan Convent of Maria Mayngau (18th-century printed label on first page) -- purchased from L. Witten, New Haven, CT, 14 April 1956, $325.
FIRST EDITION of the Cordiale, the most popular eschatalogical treatise of the late Middle Ages, printed in more than 50 incunable editions, including translations into English (printed by Caxton early in his career), French, German, Dutch and Spanish. It contains edifying anecdotes relating to the 'four last things': Death, the Last Judgement, Hell and Heaven. Its authorship has been variously ascribed, principally to Gerardus de Vliederhoven and Dionysius Carthusiensis. Probably the fifth edition of the De vita christiana. I: HC *5695; GW 7469; BMC II, 480 (IA. 8403); BSB-Ink G-110; Goff C-882. II: H *2099; GW 3041; BMC II, 481 (IA. 8413); BSB-Ink P-124; not in Goff.
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