Lot 5
Brussanus Collumbus. Sidus novum...duos continens tractatus: primus, de peccato...secundus, de virtute...editio limata per fratrem Nicolaum Despereris, Avignon, Jean de Channey, 1528.
Hammer Price: £3,000
Description
Brussanus Collumbus. Sidus novum...duos continens tractatus: primus, de peccato...secundus, de virtute...editio limata per fratrem Nicolaum Despereris, collation: ?8, A-N8 (A2 & 3 signed B2 & 3), Gothic letter, full-page woodcut of the Mass of St. Gregory showing the saint with a papal tiara, 6 half-page woodcuts (2 per page) depicting Peace, Justice, Faith, Devotion etc., the last showing a nun in hair-shirt, some light foxing and browning, modern vellum, gilt spine, g.e., 8vo (141 x 95mm.), Avignon, Jean de Channey, 1528.
⁂ 'Extremely rare, unknown to Brunet' (Fairfax Murray). No copy traced at auction. One of the earliest books printed at Avignon, 'the work is a manual of moral science, dealing with all transgressions and their results, also attempting to resolve dubious points raised by the casuists.' (Fairfax Murray).
Literature: Bibliotheca Bibliographica Aureliana, vol.33, p.24: Jean de Channey, no 28; Fairfax Murray 98.
Provenance: 'Ex bibli. Altemps' (faded ink inscription at foot of title); indecipherable ink stamp in margin of second leaf.
Description
Brussanus Collumbus. Sidus novum...duos continens tractatus: primus, de peccato...secundus, de virtute...editio limata per fratrem Nicolaum Despereris, collation: ?8, A-N8 (A2 & 3 signed B2 & 3), Gothic letter, full-page woodcut of the Mass of St. Gregory showing the saint with a papal tiara, 6 half-page woodcuts (2 per page) depicting Peace, Justice, Faith, Devotion etc., the last showing a nun in hair-shirt, some light foxing and browning, modern vellum, gilt spine, g.e., 8vo (141 x 95mm.), Avignon, Jean de Channey, 1528.
⁂ 'Extremely rare, unknown to Brunet' (Fairfax Murray). No copy traced at auction. One of the earliest books printed at Avignon, 'the work is a manual of moral science, dealing with all transgressions and their results, also attempting to resolve dubious points raised by the casuists.' (Fairfax Murray).
Literature: Bibliotheca Bibliographica Aureliana, vol.33, p.24: Jean de Channey, no 28; Fairfax Murray 98.
Provenance: 'Ex bibli. Altemps' (faded ink inscription at foot of title); indecipherable ink stamp in margin of second leaf.
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