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(1523). VINCENT FERRIER. DISTINCTIONES. AUREI SERMONES - EXPOSITIO DECEM PRECEPTORUM. Lyon, Denys de Harsy for Simon Vincent, October 8, 1523. 2 parts bound in 1 vol. in-8 of [12]-311-[1] leaves and [30] unencrypted leaves, vellum (period binding). Gothic Lyonnais edition of the sermons of Saint Vincent Ferrier (1350-1419), procured by Pierre de Tardito, a monk from Chambéry and confessor to the Duke of Savoy. The famous preacher from Valence owed his immense popularity to his simple, vivid and sometimes even trivial language, and crowds were fond of his almost anecdotal sermons. Vincent Ferrier knew several languages and delivered his sermons in France, Italy, Germany and Spain, always making a vivid impression on the masses by peppering his sermons with anecdotes taken from here and there. The reunion of the 2 parts is rare. The first part is adorned with a handsome title in red and black, a full-page woodcut on the verso depicting the birth of Eve by a pond (found in the second part), and on the last folio a compartmented woodcut of the creation of the world. A fine copy. Ex-libris Oscar Turge (Faga n°22) (USTC 155573) (USTC 145597).
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(1523). VINCENT FERRIER. DISTINCTIONES. AUREI SERMONES - EXPOSITIO DECEM PRECEPTORUM. Lyon, Denys de Harsy for Simon Vincent, October 8, 1523. 2 parts bound in 1 vol. in-8 of [12]-311-[1] leaves and [30] unencrypted leaves, vellum (period binding). Gothic Lyonnais edition of the sermons of Saint Vincent Ferrier (1350-1419), procured by Pierre de Tardito, a monk from Chambéry and confessor to the Duke of Savoy. The famous preacher from Valence owed his immense popularity to his simple, vivid and sometimes even trivial language, and crowds were fond of his almost anecdotal sermons. Vincent Ferrier knew several languages and delivered his sermons in France, Italy, Germany and Spain, always making a vivid impression on the masses by peppering his sermons with anecdotes taken from here and there. The reunion of the 2 parts is rare. The first part is adorned with a handsome title in red and black, a full-page woodcut on the verso depicting the birth of Eve by a pond (found in the second part), and on the last folio a compartmented woodcut of the creation of the world. A fine copy. Ex-libris Oscar Turge (Faga n°22) (USTC 155573) (USTC 145597).
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