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Auction archive: Lot number 74

DIONYSIUS, the Carthusian [i. e., DENIS

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$2,375
Auction archive: Lot number 74

DIONYSIUS, the Carthusian [i. e., DENIS

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$2,375
Beschreibung:

DIONYSIUS, the Carthusian [i. e., DENIS VAN LEEUWEN], attributed to. Specula omnis status vitae humanae. [118] leaves, including final blank. Gothic type. Rubricated. 4to, 218x153 mm, contemporary calf over wooden boards with brass catch, lacking catch and cover bosses, superficial scratches or incisions on covers, spine worn with vertical cracks and chipped ends but binding sound, later paper lettering pieces; marginal soiling, conspicuous dampstain in outer margin of c5-6 with slight trace of mold and paper corrosion along fore edge, scattered mostly light dampstains elsewhere, early marginalia, old catalogue cutting taped inside front cover; vellum fore-edge tabs. 17th-century ownership inscription of the Franciscan monastery of St. Bernardinus in Amberg, Bavaria, on leaf after title, their stamp on top edges. (Nuremberg: Peter Wagner 28 January 1495)...

Auction archive: Lot number 74
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:

DIONYSIUS, the Carthusian [i. e., DENIS VAN LEEUWEN], attributed to. Specula omnis status vitae humanae. [118] leaves, including final blank. Gothic type. Rubricated. 4to, 218x153 mm, contemporary calf over wooden boards with brass catch, lacking catch and cover bosses, superficial scratches or incisions on covers, spine worn with vertical cracks and chipped ends but binding sound, later paper lettering pieces; marginal soiling, conspicuous dampstain in outer margin of c5-6 with slight trace of mold and paper corrosion along fore edge, scattered mostly light dampstains elsewhere, early marginalia, old catalogue cutting taped inside front cover; vellum fore-edge tabs. 17th-century ownership inscription of the Franciscan monastery of St. Bernardinus in Amberg, Bavaria, on leaf after title, their stamp on top edges. (Nuremberg: Peter Wagner 28 January 1495)...

Auction archive: Lot number 74
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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