Lot n° 232

WIMPFELING, Jakob.- [ Adolescentia cum novis quibusdam additionibus pro Gallinarium denuo revisa ac elimata […]].

Estimation : 500 / 600
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
(Argentine [ Strasbourg], per industriu[m] Martinum Flach inibi incolam impensis et sumptibus providi Joannis Knoblouch, 1511. Secunda feria post viti et modesti). In-8° : lxxix-[1] lvs (incomplete of the 4 preliminary lvs, dampstains, some extended on all the lvs, other lvs slightly browned, marginal tears reinforced, some stains). 17th century binding : mottled calf, boards encircled with a blind fillet, ribbed spine with gilt fillets, red sprinkled edges (lightly rubbed, wormholes repaired and stains on the lower board, lower corners dulled). Pedagogical work (1st ed. : 1500) by Wimpfeling (1450-1528), Alsacian humanist and theologian, intended to educate morally the young people at a time where the Church crisis lead to a bad education. Supported by texts or quotes of a.o. Ciceron, Platon, Eusebius, Lactantius, Petrarca and Aenas Silvius (i.e. Pius II) and followed by 20 laws to be well-established in morals.
# USTC 60926 ; # VD 16 W 3335; # not in STC French, Adams, Soltész, Machiels.
Provenance : university library of Göttingen (stamps); library of Strasbourg (stamps).
Traité pour l’éducation morale des jeunes, avec qqs citations ou textes de Platon, Cicéron, Eusèbe, Lactance, Pétrarque, etc. et 20 préceptes à suivre. Plein veau moucheté du 17e s. (mouill. dont 1 très large, qqs pet. déch. renforcées, galeries de vers restaurées au plat inf.).
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