![JOHANNES DE TAMBACO (1288-1372). Consolatio theologiae. [Strasbourg: Printer of Henricus Ariminensis (Georg Reyser?), c.1478], [Speyer: Georgius de Spira, c.1477].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_16019_0089_000(johannes_de_tambaco_consolatio_theologiae_strasbourg_printer_of_henric060740).jpg?w=1)
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JOHANNES DE TAMBACO (1288-1372). Consolatio theologiae. [Strasbourg: Printer of Henricus Ariminensis (Georg Reyser?), c.1478], [Speyer: Georgius de Spira, c.1477].
First unabridged edition, second overall, of a theological work by Johann of Dambach. This influential text circulated extensively in manuscript form during the 14th and 15th centuries and went through 6 incunable editions including a Dutch translation. HC(+Add) *15236; GW M14759; BMC II 484; Bod-inc J-200; BSB-Ink I-524; ISTC ij00436000; Goff J-436.
Chancery folio (289 x 205mm). 294 leaves, rubricated throughout, with penwork decoration to opening initial (occasional light staining and browning). Contemporary blind-ruled pigskin over wooden boards, titled in manuscript on paper spine label, metal catches, pastedowns using fragments of bifolia from a 12th-century choirbook (lacking clasps, some wormholes, small loss of leather at head of spine). Provenance: Johannes Lapistide (inscription) – inscription recording gift from the Convent at ?Mergendahl to the Convent of Saint Germain at Trier.
First unabridged edition, second overall, of a theological work by Johann of Dambach. This influential text circulated extensively in manuscript form during the 14th and 15th centuries and went through 6 incunable editions including a Dutch translation. HC(+Add) *15236; GW M14759; BMC II 484; Bod-inc J-200; BSB-Ink I-524; ISTC ij00436000; Goff J-436.
Chancery folio (289 x 205mm). 294 leaves, rubricated throughout, with penwork decoration to opening initial (occasional light staining and browning). Contemporary blind-ruled pigskin over wooden boards, titled in manuscript on paper spine label, metal catches, pastedowns using fragments of bifolia from a 12th-century choirbook (lacking clasps, some wormholes, small loss of leather at head of spine). Provenance: Johannes Lapistide (inscription) – inscription recording gift from the Convent at ?Mergendahl to the Convent of Saint Germain at Trier.
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