$1,080
Speculum Ecclesiae, sive Sermones aliquot Evangelici . Cologne: Quentel, 1531. Octavo, stated first edition, contributing authors: Honorius of Autun (1080-1154); Saint Caesarius, Bishop of Arles (470-542); edited by Johann Dietenberger (c. 1475-1537); 343 leaves, nine-line woodcut initial L depicting a cherub with snakes used at the opening of the first sermon; contemporary marginal notes and underlining throughout, with a lengthy note on the colophon leaf, bound in illuminated manuscript waste, showing a large initial with gilt background on the front cover, and text in a gothic hand, and a round humanistic script visible inside the binding, behind the spine, where the covering material has become detached from the slips of the sewing supports, some toning and spotting to the text leaves, holes in the covering material, 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-06-01
