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Vitae sanctorum patrum, sive Vitas patrum. [with] De laude et effectu virtutum. [with] Pseudo-Macarius: Epistola ad monachos
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Vitae sanctorum patrum, sive Vitas patrum. [with] De laude et effectu virtutum. [with] Pseudo-Macarius: Epistola ad monachos

by Jerome [attr.]

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First
Published
1478
Binding
Early medieval leather blind embossed
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Butler Rare Books
Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire, GBR
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Royal Folio; leaves measure 415 mm x 285 mm, with vast margins, apparently untrimmed. Bound in 15th-century blind-stamped South-German pigskin over wooden boards. Covers richly decorated in blind using both rolls and individual stamps, including flowerpots, dragon, double-headed eagle, 'lamb of God', text banners, etc; rear cover of somewhat different design with more geometric patterns. The quality of tooling -… Read more about this item
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Quadragesimale de floribus sapientiae
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Quadragesimale de floribus sapientiae

by SPIERA, Ambrosius de; VENETUS, Marcus (editor)

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Edition
Fourth
Published
1488
Binding
A beautiful contemporary blind-stamped full leather C15th binding with 2 clasps
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1
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Butler Rare Books
Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire, GBR
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4to [314] leaves (first and last blank). Gothic type; 60 lines & headline: with white on black woodcut printer's device at end. Rubricated with guide letters and capitals beautifully supplied in red with decoration often extended into the margins. A contemporary owner has written "Flores Sapienne" on the recto of the first blank leaf. Few tiny round worm holes in… Read more about this item
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