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JOHANNES DE BROMYARD (d. c.1352). Summa praedicantium. [Basel: Johann Amerbach, not after 1484].
First edition. ‘In it he shows a less austere sense of the preacher's office, and includes sermon material of every description. Although not an original thinker, Bromyard was a venomous and effective critic of abuses and vanities in all areas of ecclesiastical and secular life. The Summa praedicantium remained popular during the sixteenth century and after.’ (ODNB). HC *3993; BMC III, 747; BSB-Ink I-373; Goff J-260.
2 volumes, median folio (370 x 260mm; 367 x 245mm). Part 1 without last blank, otherwise complete, some major initials in red and blue, others in red, rubricated (early marginalia, occasional light toning and staining, minor worming to first and last few quires mostly, touching a few letters). Non-uniform: vol. 1: contemporary German blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards [Kyriss 167], proof sheets of small-format (16mo) prayerbook printed in red and black printed in red and black on pastedowns, shelfmarks on spine (spine darkened, scuffed); vol. 2: contemporary blindstamped calf, title label on front cover, fragment from a c.1400 German Ferial Psalter on pastedowns, both volumes with center- and cornerpieces and clasps (some light wear, repairs at spine, small wormholes). Provenance: Nuremberg Stadtbibliothek (vol I: paper label incorporating arms of of Lukas Friedrich Behaim von Schwarzbach, 1587-1648, Kirchenpfleger; deaccession stamp at end) -- Heiligenstadt, Jesuit college, 1595 (vol 2: inscriptions).
First edition. ‘In it he shows a less austere sense of the preacher's office, and includes sermon material of every description. Although not an original thinker, Bromyard was a venomous and effective critic of abuses and vanities in all areas of ecclesiastical and secular life. The Summa praedicantium remained popular during the sixteenth century and after.’ (ODNB). HC *3993; BMC III, 747; BSB-Ink I-373; Goff J-260.
2 volumes, median folio (370 x 260mm; 367 x 245mm). Part 1 without last blank, otherwise complete, some major initials in red and blue, others in red, rubricated (early marginalia, occasional light toning and staining, minor worming to first and last few quires mostly, touching a few letters). Non-uniform: vol. 1: contemporary German blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards [Kyriss 167], proof sheets of small-format (16mo) prayerbook printed in red and black printed in red and black on pastedowns, shelfmarks on spine (spine darkened, scuffed); vol. 2: contemporary blindstamped calf, title label on front cover, fragment from a c.1400 German Ferial Psalter on pastedowns, both volumes with center- and cornerpieces and clasps (some light wear, repairs at spine, small wormholes). Provenance: Nuremberg Stadtbibliothek (vol I: paper label incorporating arms of of Lukas Friedrich Behaim von Schwarzbach, 1587-1648, Kirchenpfleger; deaccession stamp at end) -- Heiligenstadt, Jesuit college, 1595 (vol 2: inscriptions).
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