[Postincunable - Ghent] HOVEDEN, Johannes Carmen de Passione Domini. Ghent, P. de Keysere, April 8vo: [(of 96)] ff. (AA8 & M8 missing; some margins very short, touching the text, some staining, f. A2 def. & loose). Contemp. vellum. Apart from the defects, a good copy. Extremely rare edition by the Ghent printer Pieter de Keysere (active 1516-1530-of "one of the most important monuments of English medieval poetry in Latin" (Goldschmidt). It was first published in Leuven 1486-This is the 2nd ed., printed in Gothic type, and recorded in only 7 copies (USTC). Ref. NK - Machiels (Gent tot - Bibl. gant. - STC Dutch (BL) Prov. Library stamp & ticket.
[Postincunable - Ghent] HOVEDEN, Johannes Carmen de Passione Domini. Ghent, P. de Keysere, April 8vo: [(of 96)] ff. (AA8 & M8 missing; some margins very short, touching the text, some staining, f. A2 def. & loose). Contemp. vellum. Apart from the defects, a good copy. Extremely rare edition by the Ghent printer Pieter de Keysere (active 1516-1530-of "one of the most important monuments of English medieval poetry in Latin" (Goldschmidt). It was first published in Leuven 1486-This is the 2nd ed., printed in Gothic type, and recorded in only 7 copies (USTC). Ref. NK - Machiels (Gent tot - Bibl. gant. - STC Dutch (BL) Prov. Library stamp & ticket.
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