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Auction archive: Lot number 69

(BIBLE IN LATIN.) [Biblia Latina.] [449

Estimate
US$5,000 - US$10,000
Price realised:
US$9,375
Auction archive: Lot number 69

(BIBLE IN LATIN.) [Biblia Latina.] [449

Estimate
US$5,000 - US$10,000
Price realised:
US$9,375
Beschreibung:

(BIBLE IN LATIN.) [Biblia Latina.] [449] (of [468]) leaves; lacks initial blank and 18 leaves of text (for details see below). Gothic type. Rubricated, and with 9-line decorated initial on [a]2r and manuscript running heads throughout. Folio, 382x277 mm, contemporary blind-tooled leather over wooden boards with one catch (of 2) and defective clasps, rebacked in the 18th(?)-century, badly worn overall, covers wormed, joints cracked, cords intact; intermittent heavy soiling, scattered stains, numerous crude marginal repairs only affecting text on [E]2-3, [F]10, and [I]6, some fore-edge tabs torn out, paper crack in [t]6. Later ownership inscription of the Austrian Jesuit monastery of Millstatt; partly defaced 19th-century stamp of the K. K. Akademische Bibliothek (zu Klagenfurt?), duplicate; pencil collation notes of N. Hudson dated 1937. (Nuremberg: Anton Koberger 30 July 1477)...

Auction archive: Lot number 69
Auction:
Datum:
24 Oct 2019
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
Beschreibung:

(BIBLE IN LATIN.) [Biblia Latina.] [449] (of [468]) leaves; lacks initial blank and 18 leaves of text (for details see below). Gothic type. Rubricated, and with 9-line decorated initial on [a]2r and manuscript running heads throughout. Folio, 382x277 mm, contemporary blind-tooled leather over wooden boards with one catch (of 2) and defective clasps, rebacked in the 18th(?)-century, badly worn overall, covers wormed, joints cracked, cords intact; intermittent heavy soiling, scattered stains, numerous crude marginal repairs only affecting text on [E]2-3, [F]10, and [I]6, some fore-edge tabs torn out, paper crack in [t]6. Later ownership inscription of the Austrian Jesuit monastery of Millstatt; partly defaced 19th-century stamp of the K. K. Akademische Bibliothek (zu Klagenfurt?), duplicate; pencil collation notes of N. Hudson dated 1937. (Nuremberg: Anton Koberger 30 July 1477)...

Auction archive: Lot number 69
Auction:
Datum:
24 Oct 2019
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
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