Live auction - Lot 1229

[Devotion]

[Dat gulden ghebedeboexken uut den ouden ende nyeuwe Testamente].

[BRUNFELS, Otto]

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Antwerp, H. Peetersen van Middelburch, 1538

16mo: [6]-clxxiiii-[2] ff. (ff. [1 = title?] and [8] missing, f. cli torn with loss of letters, occ. spotting, occ. ms. annot.).

Contemp. brown calf, blind-stamped covers with gilt supralibros on front and the date 1592 on back, spine with raised bands, 2 original metal catches present (sl. rubbed, upper corners bumped). Very nice copy.

Extremely rare copy only known by the description made by Nijhoff-Kronenberg, reproduced by the later bibliographies. Dutch translation of Brunfels' (ca. 1488-1534) "Precationes biblicae" (1st ed.: 1528; 1st Dutch transl.: 1531), ill. with numerous half-page woodcuts. The book was banned by catholic authorities and was put on the Index of Forbidden Books. Enriched with Nijhoff-Kronenberg's description (cut from the book).
Ref. NK 503 (our copy). - USTC 437922 = Pettegree NB 6045. - De Bujanda, J.M. - Index d'Anvers, 1569, 1570, 1571. Geneva, Droz, 1988, pp. 346-347.
Prov. I. D. W. (supralibros).

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Lot 1229

[Dat gulden ghebedeboexken uut den ouden ende nyeuwe Testamente].

[BRUNFELS, Otto]

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