(Religion) - Lanspergius, Joannes Justus.- In ortu[m], vitam, passionem & glorificationem salvatoris nostri Jesu Christi, eiusq[ue] sacratissimae matris Virginis Mariae [...]. Aeditio altera [...]. Coloniae, apud Jaspare[m] Gennepaeum, 1545. In-8° :...
Estimation :
150 / 200
Adjudication :
340 €
Description
[1 91 (of 1 92)] lvs (last lf. missing, handwritten notes on the title-page, light dampstains, stronger in the 2d half, some foxing, small stains in rare margins). Contemporary binding : vellum with flaps, flat spine with ink title (label on the upper flyleaf, trimmed sometimes with minimal lacks in the running titles). Work containing 150 reflexions on the Christ's life and his mother Mary by the Cartusian monk Lanspergius (1489-1539). Illustrated with 48 mid-page woodcuts by Anton Woensam, the 3 first entirely heightened and partly the 3 following. Text decorated with historiated initial letters by the same engraver. # VD16 J-1221 ; # not in Adams, Soltész, USTC, Machiels. ^ Contient 150 réflexions sur la vie du Christ et sur Marie illustrées de 48 bois à mi-page (3 prem. entièrement rehaussés). Plein vélin de l'ép. (dernier f. manquant, claires mouill., plus fortes dans la 2e moitié de l'ex.).
