Bloomsbury Auctions

Lot 200
200. Savonarola (Girolamo) tr i u m p h o d e l l a c r o c e d i ch r i s t o,
title with woodcut vignette, woodcut initials and printer’s device to
last f., occasional light foxing, new endpapers, later blind-stamped
vellum, spine in compartments, short split to lower compartment,
[Not in Adams; Censimento 16 CNCE 47751], 8vo, [Venice],
[Lazzaro Soardi], 21st February, 1505. £1,000 - £1,500
*** A very good copy of a scarce edition (Censimento16 listing
only 4 copies) of a work by this zealous Dominican friar and
biblioclast.
Lot 201
201. Antonius Florentinus (Archbishop) [pr i m a (-q u a rta)
pa r s s u m m e ], part 4 only (of 4), double column, Gothic letter,
title with large woodcut device of a dragon holding a shield and
contemporary ink ownership inscription at foot, woodcut initials,
some contemporary ink marginalia and underlining in red or brown
ink, occasional spotting or light foxing, mostly marginal, a few small
stains, attractive contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, later ms.
title label and shelf-mark label to upper cover, lacking metal claps,
repaired crack to lower cover, lightly soiled, marked, [Adams 1215],
folio, [Basel], [Peter Froben], [1511]. £500 - £700
*** Provenance: ‘Ego sum fratris Wolfgangi ?Sedelii, emptus anno
domini 1533’ (contemporary to foot of title).
Lot 202
202. Ricardus de Media Villa in qu a rt u m se n t e n t i a r u m
th e o l o g i c a r u m pe t r i lo m a r d i...op u s pr e c l a r i s s i m u m, double
column, Gothic letter, title printed in red and within an ornate
woodcut historiated border depicting Jesus and Saints, woodcut
initials and printer’s device to verso of final text f., occasional early
underlining in red ink and marginalia, title stained, with ink library
stamp and with inner margin repaired, repaired marginal tears to
b3 (just touching part of 1 letter), b5 (affecting 3 words, supplied
early ink), b8, O1, R2 (just touching a few letters recto, but with
no loss of sense of text) and 2O8 (just touching a couple of letters
recto), 2B5 lower corner torn away, not affecting text, inner margin
of final f. strengthened, occasional light soiling or water-staining,
the later mostly marginal, contemporary blind-stamped calf over
wooden boards, rebacked in later calf, metal clasps, lacking
ties, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, calf wormed, [Adams
M1423], 4to, [Lyon], [Simon Vincent], 1512. £600 - £800
*** A good copy of a scarce work by the English Franciscan
theologian Richard Middleton.
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