pseudo-HUGO DE PRATO FLORIDO (EVRARDUS DE VALLE SCHOLARUM, d. c.1272). Sermones de sanctis . Heidelberg: [Printer of Lindelbach (Heinrich Knoblochzer)], 21 January 1485.
pseudo-HUGO DE PRATO FLORIDO (EVRARDUS DE VALLE SCHOLARUM, d. c.1272). Sermones de sanctis . Heidelberg: [Printer of Lindelbach (Heinrich Knoblochzer)], 21 January 1485. Chancery 2° (288 x 207mm). Collation: a-c 8 d-f 6 g-i 8 k 6 l 8 m 6 n 8 o 6 p-r 8 \\m 6 \\e 8 s 6 t-v 6 u 8 x-y 6 z 8 \\i 6 \\n 8 A-B 6 C-D 8 E 6 F-G 8 H-K 6 L 8 M-N 6 (a1r title, verso blank, a2r text, L8r colophon, verso blank, M 1r table, N 6 blank). 286 leaves. 46 lines and headline, double column. Type: 1:180G, 2:90G. 3- to 4-line initials in red or blue, those on opening page with penwork decoration, rubricated. (Small wormholes and occasional short wormtrack touching some letters, occasional light spotting or staining, last leaf partly loose.) Contemporary German blindstamped pigskin over unbevelled wooden boards, chased brass corner- and centerpieces on each cover, brass catchplates on upper cover, ?18th-century paper spine labels (wormholes, tooling rubbed). Provenance : Wolfgang Crener (early manuscript armorial bookplate) -- Hall, Tyrol, Waldaufsche Stiftung (inscription, engraved bookplate, library stamp) -- Walter Hirst (bookplate). THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED AT HEIDELBERG AND THE FIRST EDITION of these sermons on the saints' lives. Commonly attributed in the 15th century to the Dominican Hugo de Prato Florido, the sermons have been identified from the manuscript tradition as the work of the French Augustinian, Evrardus de Valle Scholarum. This volume formerly belonged to an ancient library, the Waldaufsche Stiftung at Hall, Tyrol, founded by Florian Waldauf in 1509. Secretary and close associate of Emperor Maximilian I, he is also known as the editor and translator of the Revelations of St Bridget. Cf. K. Brunner, Katalog der Ritter-Waldauf-Bibliothek in Hall/Tirol , Munich: 1983 (this volume not listed; one other book, no. 625, had also been owned by Crener). RARE; only one other copy (Broxbourne-Nakles) has sold at auction in over 35 years. HC *9009; BMC III, 666 (IB.12902); BSB-Ink E-134; Bod-inc H-232; Goff H-513.
pseudo-HUGO DE PRATO FLORIDO (EVRARDUS DE VALLE SCHOLARUM, d. c.1272). Sermones de sanctis . Heidelberg: [Printer of Lindelbach (Heinrich Knoblochzer)], 21 January 1485.
pseudo-HUGO DE PRATO FLORIDO (EVRARDUS DE VALLE SCHOLARUM, d. c.1272). Sermones de sanctis . Heidelberg: [Printer of Lindelbach (Heinrich Knoblochzer)], 21 January 1485. Chancery 2° (288 x 207mm). Collation: a-c 8 d-f 6 g-i 8 k 6 l 8 m 6 n 8 o 6 p-r 8 \\m 6 \\e 8 s 6 t-v 6 u 8 x-y 6 z 8 \\i 6 \\n 8 A-B 6 C-D 8 E 6 F-G 8 H-K 6 L 8 M-N 6 (a1r title, verso blank, a2r text, L8r colophon, verso blank, M 1r table, N 6 blank). 286 leaves. 46 lines and headline, double column. Type: 1:180G, 2:90G. 3- to 4-line initials in red or blue, those on opening page with penwork decoration, rubricated. (Small wormholes and occasional short wormtrack touching some letters, occasional light spotting or staining, last leaf partly loose.) Contemporary German blindstamped pigskin over unbevelled wooden boards, chased brass corner- and centerpieces on each cover, brass catchplates on upper cover, ?18th-century paper spine labels (wormholes, tooling rubbed). Provenance : Wolfgang Crener (early manuscript armorial bookplate) -- Hall, Tyrol, Waldaufsche Stiftung (inscription, engraved bookplate, library stamp) -- Walter Hirst (bookplate). THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED AT HEIDELBERG AND THE FIRST EDITION of these sermons on the saints' lives. Commonly attributed in the 15th century to the Dominican Hugo de Prato Florido, the sermons have been identified from the manuscript tradition as the work of the French Augustinian, Evrardus de Valle Scholarum. This volume formerly belonged to an ancient library, the Waldaufsche Stiftung at Hall, Tyrol, founded by Florian Waldauf in 1509. Secretary and close associate of Emperor Maximilian I, he is also known as the editor and translator of the Revelations of St Bridget. Cf. K. Brunner, Katalog der Ritter-Waldauf-Bibliothek in Hall/Tirol , Munich: 1983 (this volume not listed; one other book, no. 625, had also been owned by Crener). RARE; only one other copy (Broxbourne-Nakles) has sold at auction in over 35 years. HC *9009; BMC III, 666 (IB.12902); BSB-Ink E-134; Bod-inc H-232; Goff H-513.
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