Bloomsbury Auctions

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BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
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❦ Continental Literature and History
The Property of a Gentleman
Lot 253
253. Rolewinck (Werner) [fa S C i C u l u S t e m p o r u m] dat b o e K d at m e n h i e t fa S C i C u l u S t e m p o r u m, 334 (of 338 ff., lacking a1, k7 and blanks
T8 and U10), 38 lines and 3 columns in table, Gothic letter, preface with early hand-coloured ornamental frame and large decorative
initial, 35 woodcuts from 20 blocks and coats-of-arms, of which m a n y w i t h e a r ly h a n d-C o l o u r i n g, large early hand-coloured woodcut
printer’s device to foot of final f., paragraph-marks in red and blue, red initial strokes, E1&8, H1&8 and sigs. K-N possibly from another
copy, sigs. y-B1 misbound between t7&8, short tear to head of preface f. with minor loss to part of border, lower margin of a8 repaired,
repaired tear to S8, within text, but with no loss, final f. laid down with small area of loss to lower margin, some ff. trimmed, occasionally
affecting a border or side-notes, a few small repairs, mostly marginal, occasional staining or offsetting of hand-colouring, some fingermarking,
attractive 18th century speckled calf, gilt, richly gilt spine in compartments and with brown and black leather labels, skilfully
rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, a few marks, [BMC IX, 12; Goff R-278; Hain 6946; ISTC ir00278000], small folio, Utrecht,
Johann Veldener, 14th February, 1480. £4,000 - £6,000
*** The first edition in Dutch of this attractive chronicle of the history of the world. Includes supplementary material to the Louvainprinted
Latin edition of 1475 on the dukes of Brabant, bishops of Holland, Zeeland and Hainault, in addition to histories of the Kings of
France and England. The coats-of-arms make their first appearance in this Utrecht edition.
Provenance: 18th century cardinal (engraved bookplate with motto ‘virtutis amore cano’); U.Proost (20th century bookplate).