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and very popular work “Virtutum vitiorumque exempla [...]” called the “Biblia pauperum” (1
st
ed. : 1477). This book is a compilation of extracts from the Bible (on malediction, homicides,
abstinence, adoration, pauperty, miracles…), imitating Valerius Maximus, giving examples
to pursuit a proper Christian life. Typographical title within a woodcut frame figuring on the
sides Saint Paul and Saint Pieter, above the conversion of Saint Paul and below pilgrims
near a fontain with a man showing the Holy Scriptures. The French Dominican Nicolas de
Hannappes (c. 1225-1291) was the last Occidental Patriarch of Jerusalem.
# Soltész H-32 ; # USTC 655235 ; # VD16 N-1537 ; # not in Adams nor in Machiels.
▲ Provenance : monastery of Saint John above the Rock or Svatý Jan pod Skalo, near
Prague (handwritten mention and supra libros).
¶
Première édition sous ce titre des “Virtutum vitiorumque exempla”, du patriarche de Jérusalem de
Hannappes. Il s'agit d'une compilation d'extraits de la Bible donnant des exemples à suivre pour vivre
en bon chrétien. Plein veau du 17
e
s. (mouill., trous et galeries de vers passim, marges renforcées ou
restaurées au début, mors part. fendus).
293 – (Religion, Bible) -
Novum testamentum. Illustratum insignium rerum
simulachris, cu[m] ad veritatem historiae, tum ad venustatem, singulari artificio
expressis.
[Paris], excudebat Fran. Gryphius, 1542.
In-16°: 199-136-[14] lvs (lf. “T” missing, handwritten
p
rovenances on title-page, tear repaired in the margin
of title-page, dampstains, rare handwritten notes in the margins, last lvs rebound, small tears at the end, with
lacks of text on the last lf.).
Early 17
th
Century binding: calf, blind decorated ribbed spine (small lacks in the turns ins and the spine, edges
and corners dulled, trimmed).
Est.
:
400/ 500 €
New Testament with the Epistles of Paul, the Catholic Epistles and the Apocalypse
published the year of the convening by Paul III of the Council of Trent. Illustrated with
104 woodcuts (various sizes) in the text, often repeated in the Gospels,- one full-page
with the title preceding the Acts of Apostles,- books titles within cartouches, some with
historiated vignettes (the Evangelists, etc.),- historiated or ornemental initials letters,-
François Gryphe's griffon mark on titel-page. The first edition of 1537 was only illustrated in
the Acts of Apostles and the Apocalypse.
# USTC 140702 ; # Brunet V-745 ; # STC French 63 (ed. of 1541) # Soltész B-585 (id.)
# Adams B-1028 (Bible of 1542) ; # not in Machiels, Darlow & Moule, Macclefsield, the
Wardington library, Renier.
▲ Provenance : François Nicolas Herinckx, canon of Dieleghem (?) (handwritten mention).
¶
Nouveau testament illustré de 104 vignettes in texto (plusieurs répétées dans les Évangiles), d'une
pleine page précédant les Actes des Apôtres, de cartouches avec titres des livres, de lettrines et de
la marque de Gryphe. Plein veau du début 17
e
s. (f. T manquant, mouill., derniers ff. remontés, pet.
manques aux dos et coiffes).
294 – (Religion) -
BUSTI, Bernardino de.- Mariale [...].
(Argentine [Strasbourg], p[er] Martinum Flach, 1502: mensis vero novembris. die
decimo).
In-f°: [378] lvs (marginal dampstains, wormholes in the margins, foxing, some marginal tears, stains, stamps
on title-page and last lf.).
Contemporary binding: pigskin on wooden boards, blind decorated boards with fillets and floral ornaments,
ribbed spine (wormholes, clasps lacking, some foxing or stains, joints partly split, flyleaves lacking, label stuck
on upper pastedown).
Est.
:
1.500/ 2.000 €
Very early postincunabulum
edited by the Franciscan theologian and poet Dominicus
Ponzonus. Collection of sermons on the Virgin Mary in which the Italian Capuchin Bernardino
de Busti or Busto (c. 1450-1513) defends the dogma of the “Immaculate Conception” and
formulates the “Marian privilege”. Copy with wide margins in neat typography presenting
notes by two contemporary hands (the major part in red ink).
# Adams B-3350 ; # USTC 675124 ; # VD16 B 191 ; # not in Machiels, Soltész, STC French.
¶
Post-incunable dans lequel le capucin italien de Busti défend le dogme de “l'Immaculée conception”.
Pleine peau de truie sur ais de bois (mouill. marg., taches, trous de vers).
295 – (Religion) -
Horae in laudem beatissimae virginis Mariae, ad usum
Romanum.
Parisiis, ex officina Reginaldi Calderii & Claudii eius filii, 1549.
In-4°: [176 (on 177)] lvs (lf. i7 "Ad matutinas” with the full-page lacking, marginal tears, some repaired, last
lf. remounted, some lvs slightly browned, some stains and foxing, handwritten mentions in two cartouches).
17
th
Century binding: calf, gilt decorated boards with frames of fillets and roll-stamps, fleurons (some angular
and one oval in the center), gilt decorated ribbed spine, gilt edges (spine and flyleaves renewed, small lacks,
scratches on lower board).
Est.
:
600/ 800 €
Hours of the Virgin in a richly decorated edition followed by the Hours of the Cross, the
Seven Penitential Psalms, the Litany of the Saints, etc. Illustrated with 12 (on 13) nice full-
pages picturing scenes of Mary and Jesus' lives like the Visitation, the Announcement of
Jesus' birth, the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, the Crucifixion, the Dormition, etc. The
entire work is encircled by various large woodcut frames
(repeated) in Renaissance style figuring architectures,
decorations “à la grotesque”, floral ornaments or
medallions. Text in black and red Roman typesetting with
dotted initial letters ; printer's mark on title-page. Copy with
some leaves ruled.
# Bohatta 1230 ; # Lacombe 440 ; # Adams L-1046 ; #
STC French 274 ; # USTC 196177 ; # not in Soltész nor
in Machiels.
▲ Provenance : abbey of Toussaint at Châlons-en-
Champagne (handwritten mention) ; Dodet (id.) ; Charron,
provost of Reims, 1570 (id.) ; Jacques Chastelain 1656,
1663 and 1693 (id.) ; Fr. Claude (id.).
¶
Heures de la Vierge illustrées de 12 (sur 13) pleines pp. figurant
des scènes des vies de Marie et Jésus. Édition sertie de cadres
ornementés dans une impression en noir et rouge avec initiales sur
fond criblé. Plein veau du 17
e
s. (f. i7 avec une pleine p. manquant,
déch. marg., qqs-unes restaurées, dos refait).
296 – (Religion)
-
Ens. 4 ouvr. en 3 vol.
-
[Maniere ende practijcke van een geestelijck
leven onderhoude[n] ende beschreven van een Dienersse Godts [...] ende nu
overgeset uut die Italiaensche [...] tale.
Loven [Leuven], Jan Maes, 1585.
In-12°: [8]-133-[1 (op 3)] ff. (twee laatste bln ontbreken, wormgaten tot bl. 30, watervlekken passim).
Eigentijdse band: leder, blindgestempelde platten op houten borden, rug met ribben, sluitijzers, rode sneden
(sterk gewreven platten met wormgaten, onderste platranden, plathoeken en kapitaal zwaar beschadigd, 1 van
2 sluitijzers ontbreekt, hs herkomsten van zusters en aantekeningen op schutbladen).
Est.
:
150/ 200 €
Tweede (?) uitgave van de vertaling van dit devotiewerkje geïnsprireerd op het leven van
de Italiaanse mystica Berinzaga of Bellinzaga (Milaan c. 1551-1624), geïllustreerd met
4 kleine houtsneden. In de bibliografieën ook vermeld onder de naam van Hendrik van
Cuyck, “Confesseur van de Witte Vrouwen binnen Loven”.
