Lot n° 1031

Antwerp imprint - theatre - BARTHELEMY, Nicolas - Christus Xylonicus. Tragoedia. Cum ob Rom. sermonis puritatem, tum ob sanctissimi argumenti dignitatem, in theatra, in scholas, in bibliothecas ultro accersenda. Antwerp, Wid. M. de Keyser for J....

Estimation : 600 / 600
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
Coccius, 1537
8vo, 19th-c. brown half morocco (edges sl. rubbed), gilt spine, silk marker, [40] ff. (some minor spotting). Nice copy. 4th ed. (1st Paris 1529) of a Latin tragedy on the Lord’s Passion by the Benedictine monk and Paris law professor N. Barthélemy (1478-1538). This early Neolatin play was esp. intended for Latin schools and humanist libraries. Large woodcut mark at the end. In italics. Heraldic woodcut pasted on front endpaper.
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