$2,214
Raimundus Sabundus (1385-1436) Theologia naturalis sive liber creatura[rum] specialter de homine & de natura. Nuremberg: Koberger, 23 September 1502. Small folio, printed in black letter, two columns throughout, contemporary manuscript initials added in red and black, gilt initial at the beginning of the prologue tooled in the gold leaf into a gesso ground; bound in full contemporary Nuremberg blind-tooled brown sheepskin over wooden boards, lacking clasps, titled on front board with contemporary paper label; several inscriptions on title, including reference to the Prologue's inclusion on the Index Prohibitorum ; some stains, browning and internal wear, some marginal rodent damage, binding rebacked, 11 x 8 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-05-27