1 / 2

Description

Jacobus de Voragine.

Mariale sive sermones de beata Maria virgine: fratris Jacobi de Voragine archiepiscopi Januensis. Paris, Philippe Pigouchet for Jehan Petit, 1503. 8°. 98 roman foliated leaves, 2 unnum. Leaves, rubricated in yellow throughout. With a shotgun printer's mark on the title page and a full-page metal cut on the verso of the title page. Modern half calf binding (signed Hedberg) with gilt-stamped spine label and some gilt to spine. Not in Adams. Moreau I, p. 106: 80. Pettegree & Walsby, French Books III & IV: 75020. 13th century Ligurian-born Jacobus de Varazze became famous above all for his collection of legends of the saints, the "Legenda aurea"; the "Mariale", first printed in 1497, describes all the characteristics of the Virgin Mary in 160 sections. The title page with various old handwritten entries, including the name of Ludovicus Ruffonis. A thoroughly unfresh copy. Moisture mark in the lower margin at the fold through a large part of the book. Some spotting throughout, occasional soiling, the title reinforced with strips of Japanese paper in the margin on the verso. The metal cut on the verso of the title page somewhat clumsily colored in old.

Automatically translated by DeepL. The original version is the only legally valid version.
To see the original version, click here.

206 
Go to lot
<
>

Jacobus de Voragine.

Estimate 1 400 - 2 000 EUR
Starting price 1 400 EUR

* Not including buyer’s premium.
Please read the conditions of sale for more information.

Sale fees: 27 %
Leave bid
Register

For sale on Wednesday 03 Jul : 10:00 (CEST)
pforzheim, Germany
Kiefer
+49723192320
Browse the catalogue Sales terms Sale info

Delivery to
Change delivery address
Delivery is not mandatory.
You may use the carrier of your choice.
The indicated price does not include the price of the lot or the auction house's fees.