Lot n° 284

(Religion) - Ens. 2 ouvr. en 1 vol. in-f° - FABRI, Johannes.- Sermones fructuosissimi, cu[n]ctis ecclesiae catholicae defensoribus, ac doctrinae eva[n]gelicae professoribus, summopere necessarii [...]. (Coloniae, in officina literaria honesti civi...

Estimation : 200 / 250
Adjudication : 200 €
Description
Petri Quentel, 1537 (mense februario)). In-f° : [4 engr. title incl.]-CXLVII-[11] lvs (fore-edge of the title-page short, stamp and handwritten provenance crossed out on the title-page, nudity of the children hidden in the initial letters, some parts of the copy slightly yellowed, rare stains or dampstains, rare tears without loss). Contemporary binding : sprinkled sheepskin, ribbed spine (wormholes, scratches, upper joint partly split, one joint broken, upper flyleaf lacking, trimmed).
First edition of this postincunabulum gathering a collection of sermons on the Eucharist, patience, against the Anabaptists and on the victory against the Turkish during the Siege of Vienna in 1529. With afterwards an oration to Margaret of Austria (1480-1530), Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, and the "Triumphus beati Job propheatae summi Dei [...]" by the theologian Gratius Ortwinus (1480?-1542). The doctor in civil and canon law Fabri (1478-1541), an Erasmus' friend, became bishop of Vienna in 1530. Work in a neat typography with initial letters, mostly historiated figuring children from the "Alphabet of children" by Hans Holbein the Younger (?) and one large figuring the Crucifixion with Charles V and Ferdinand I kneeled and the Evangelists in the corners. Typographical title within a frame after Hans Holbein the Younger (?) depicting in the upper part the Transfiguration, the Evangelists, 4 Church Fathers (Gregory, Ambrosius, Hieronymus and Augustinus) and below the portraits of the Emperors Charles V and Ferdinand I with the two coat-of-arms of the Holy Roman Empire (with the monocephalic eagle and the double-headed) and the arms of the seven electorates. # Adams F-67; # Machiels F-15; # Contemporaries of Erasmus II-5/8; # USTC 626167; # VD16 F 234; # not in Soltész. Bound with : [REUCHLIN, Johannes.- Primi graecae et sacrae hebraicae linguae autoris lexicon hebraicum, & in hebraeorum grammaticen commentarii lucubrationes Sebastiani Munsteri opera absolutae sunt [...]]. (Basileae, per Henricum Petrum, mense martio anno 1537). Pages 285-418 of this Hebraic lexicon and grammar, printer's mark at the back of last leaf. # VD16 R 1253; # USTC 661238. fl Édition originale de ce post-incunable contenant des sermons de J. Fabri, évêque de Vienne et ami d'Érasme, une oraison funèbre de Marguerite d'Autriche et le "Triumphus beati Job [...]" d'Ortwinus. Titre dans un encadrement richement décoré, initiales extraites de l'"Alphabet des enfants" (?) ou une figurant Jésus sur la croix. Relié avec les pp. 285-418 d'un lexique de termes hébraïques. Plein veau moucheté de l'ép. (gouttière du titre découpée, tampon sur le titre, nudité des enfants cachée, trous de vers à la rel., épidermures...).
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