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75 - GUEVARA (Antonio de). THE MOUNT OF CALVARY. In it, the seven last words spoken by the Son of God as He hung on the cross are explained, along with many figures from Holy Scripture, and various devotional contemplations and beautiful exclamations are included. [MOUNT CALVARY. EXPLANATION OF THE SEVEN LAST WORDS OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS]. Munich, Nicolaus Henricus [Nikolaus Heinrich], 1610. Small in-4, marbled fawn sheepskin, double blind-stamped border on the covers with closure laces, spine with two flat raised bands, edges speckled in red and blue (original binding); (8) preliminary leaves, 305 leaves [i.e., 302 ff., pagination error with no missing pages: ff. 97–99 are missing], (5) pp. of register. Spine and joints of the binding formerly covered with an opaque gray adhesive; lower cap missing; wear at the corners; small paper loss without damage to the text or engraving in the lower left corner of the first two ff.; restored loss in the side margin of the third leaf and f. 23, minor worm damage not affecting the text in the upper margin of pp. 236–269; the closing laces are probably later additions. THIRD EDITION, revised and corrected, of this German translation by Aegidius ALBERTINUS (1560–1620) of the Spanish text by Antonio de GUEVARA (1481–1545), Bishop of Mondoñedo and chronicler of Charles V, devoted to the meditation on the seven last words of Christ on the cross. Printed in German Gothic type, with Latin quotations in Roman type, running titles, initials, headpieces, and footpieces engraved on wood. Title printed in red and black, adorned with a WOODCUT DEPICTING CALVARY, bringing together several episodes of the Passion around the three crosses, with the caption “Christus se tibi, tu te Christo ” [“Christ gives himself to you; give yourself to Christ”]. A GOOD COPY, with a fresh book block.

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€100 - 150

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30%

GUEVARA (Antonio de). THE MOUNT OF CALVARY. In it, the seven last words spoken by the Son of God as He hung on the cross are explained, along with many figures from Holy Scripture, and various devotional contemplations and beautiful exclamations are included. [MOUNT CALVARY. EXPLANATION OF THE SEVEN LAST WORDS OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS]. Munich, Nicolaus Henricus [Nikolaus Heinrich], 1610. Small in-4, marbled fawn sheepskin, double blind-stamped border on the covers with closure laces, spine with two flat raised bands, edges speckled in red and blue (original binding); (8) preliminary leaves, 305 leaves [i.e., 302 ff., pagination error with no missing pages: ff. 97–99 are missing], (5) pp. of register. Spine and joints of the binding formerly covered with an opaque gray adhesive; lower cap missing; wear at the corners; small paper loss without damage to the text or engraving in the lower left corner of the first two ff.; restored loss in the side margin of the third leaf and f. 23, minor worm damage not affecting the text in the upper margin of pp. 236–269; the closing laces are probably later additions. THIRD EDITION, revised and corrected, of this German translation by Aegidius ALBERTINUS (1560–1620) of the Spanish text by Antonio de GUEVARA (1481–1545), Bishop of Mondoñedo and chronicler of Charles V, devoted to the meditation on the seven last words of Christ on the cross. Printed in German Gothic type, with Latin quotations in Roman type, running titles, initials, headpieces, and footpieces engraved on wood. Title printed in red and black, adorned with a WOODCUT DEPICTING CALVARY, bringing together several episodes of the Passion around the three crosses, with the caption “Christus se tibi, tu te Christo ” [“Christ gives himself to you; give yourself to Christ”]. A GOOD COPY, with a fresh book block.

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Sale of Antique and Modern Books - Autographs - Photographs
Thursday, November 12
02:00 PM
7 rue d'Astorg
31000 TOULOUSE, France

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Marambat - de Malafosse +33 5 61 12 52 02 cojean@mm-encheres.com
On Drouot for 9 years avec More than 46,000 lots published

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