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money, power, and sex, preferably combined. Printed in 2 cols. Capital spaces without guide-letters.
Ref.
ISTC id00108500 [16]. GW 8198. Goff D-106. Polain 1994. IDL 1487. BN Paris D-66. Vouilliéme 596. Not
in BMC, BSB München.
827
[Cologne] - Die zehn Gebote
[Low German]. [Cologne, J. Koelhoff sr., c. 1480], 4to, mod.
leather, [12] ff., 29 ll. (GW has "24 Z."!; some marg. soiling, brown stain on initial blank). Wide-
margined
rubricated
copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 3000/4000
Extr. rare ed. (3rd or 4th recorded copy?) of a short Low German commentary on the Ten Commandments,
intended for popular instruction. Gothic type. Capital spaces without guide-letters.
Ref.
ISTC ig00114100.
GW 10752. Polain 1557. Not in Goff,
IDL, BMC, BN Paris, BSB München.
828
[Cologne] - [GERARDUS DE VLIEDERHOVEN] -
Cordiale quattuor novissimorum [Low
German] De vijer uijssersten. [Cologne, J. Koelhoff sr., c. 1476], 4to, mod. leather, [56] ff., 28 ll.
(incl. final blank, 1st & last ff. soiled, a few stains). Good wide-margined
rubricated
copy.
Cfr.
ill.
€ 5000/7000
Extr. rare (4th or 5th recorded copy?)
editio princeps
of the Low German trsl. of a popular late medieval
treatise on The Four Last Things (Death, Judgment, Hell, Heaven), variously ascribed to Gerardus de
Vliederhoven or Dionysius Carthusianus. The Latin text was 1st published Speyer 1471.
6-line initial 'M'
(a1r) in red
with elaborate brown and red penwork. Gothic type. Capital spaces without guide-letters.
Ref.
ISTC ic00909280. GW 7515. Polain 1184. Borchling/Claussen 12. Not in Goff, BMC, BN Paris, BSB
München, IDL etc.
829
[Cologne] - PARALDUS, Guilielmus, O.P. -
Summa de virtutibus. Cologne, H. Quentell, 1479,
folio, mod. overl. pigskin, flat spine, blue edges, [432] ff., 34 ll. (incl. orig. blanks, some very
minor soiling, single wormhole in 1st ff.). Excellent well-preserved wide-margined
rubricated
copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 3000/4000
Monumental treatise on the Seven Holy Virtues (de fide, de spe, de caritate, de prudentia, de temp[er]ancia,
de fortitudine, de iustitia, followed by de donis, de beatitudinibus), written by the French Dominican
Paraldus (1190-1271). He also wrote a similarly voluminous companion volume on the Seven Deadly Sins.
Capital spaces without guide-letters.
Ref.
ISTC ip00084000. GW 12050. Goff P-84. Polain 3035. IDL 3534.
BMC I:261. BSB München G-523. Vouilliéme 884.
830
[Cologne] - Spiegel des Kersten ghelouen
[Low German]. [Cologne, J. Koelhoff sr., c. 1477],
4to, mod. overl. vellum, flat spine, green edges, [76 (of 78] ff., 29 ll. (lacking 2 blanks, marg.
soiling, dampstain in inner margin of 1st ff., single wormholes through 1st half). Good wide-
margined
rubricated
copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 4500/6000
Extr. rare (4th or 5th recorded copy?) Low German ed. of this typical late medieval book of catechetical
instruction, popular in the Low Countries and the Lower Rhine region. Gothic type. Capital spaces with
guide-letters.
Ref.
ISTC is00671900. GW M43083. Polain 3582. IDL 4180. Borchling/Claussen 50. Not in
Goff, BMC, BN Paris, BSB München.
831
[Leipzig] - Regimen moralitatis
[Latin & German] [and]
LENTULUS (Pseudo-)
- De statura
Christi epistola ad Senatum Romanum. Leipzig, K. Kachelofen, 1489-92, 4to, mod. goldtooled
dark morocco, triple gilt ruled decorative frames on covers, marbled endpapers, (6) ff., 32 ll. (old
pen foliation). Very fine wide-margined copy.
€ 2000/3000
Very rare 3rd (?) of 7 undated incunable editions of this collection of moralizing Latin verses with a German
verse translation ("Spruchdichtung"). The "Lentulus" is an apocryphal short text on the physical likeness of
Christ, and was 1st published in the "Vita Christi" of Ludolphus de Saxonia (1474).
Rubricated
initials.
Capital spaces (1st capital added in penwork).
Ref.
ISTC ir00044000. Goff R-44. BMC III:632. IGI 8293.
Sheehan (Vaticana) R-19. Not in Polain, IDL, Pellechet/Polain, BN Paris, BSB München etc.
832
[Louvain] - HUGO DE SANCTO CARO -
Expositio missae, seu Speculum ecclesiae. Louvain,
C. de Westfalia, [between 1476 - 1477], 4to, mod. pigskin, flat spine, [20] ff., 23 ll. (some
worming throughout touching a few letters, inner margin occ. strengthened). Very good
rubricated copy.
€ 5000/8000
Extr. rare early Louvain incunable (
9th recorded copy
?), the 2nd of only 4 titles printed by Conradus de
Westfalia. The "Mirror of the Church" is a mystical interpretation of the sacraments, attributed to the French
Dominican theologian Hugh of Saint-Cher (1200-1263). Title heading printed in red.
Ref.
ISTC 00515000.
GW n0248. ILC 1256. Goff H-515. Polain 2029 (1: Ghent). IDL 2418. BMC IX:160. BNParis H-314. Not in
BSB München.
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