Sale 9760
London, South Kensington
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18 November 2003
Price realised
GBP 1,998
Estimate
Pharetra fidei catholicae contra Judaeos. Leipzig: Melchior Lotter, 1499. Chancery 4° (205 x 144mm). Gothic type, rubricated, bearer type on first and last leaves. (Light marginal staining, minor repair to title where ?index tab was removed.) Modern paper wrappers. This work is attributed to 'Theobaldus subprior O.P. in villa Parisiensi', also named as Theobaldus de Sexannia/Saxonia. HC *12916; BMC III, 627; Goff P-577.
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