Live auction - Lot 767

Confessionum libri tredecim.

AUGUSTINUS

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Lot description

Antwerp, G. Coppens van Diest, 1546

16mo: [208] ff. (some marginal dampstaining).

20th-c. brown calf, gilt titled spine on 3 raised bands (tanned). Good copy.

Rare pocket edition of Augustinus’ popular work. Title within woodcut border. Ref. BT 183. - BCNI 2098. - Pettegree NB 2819. - Not in Adams, BnF, STC Dutch (BL). Prov. Numerous reader’s marks. - Old ownership entry on title erased. - "VB" (blind initials on front cover). Joined: Thomas a Kempis – Libellus vere aureus de Christi imitando. Antwerp, (J. Latius for) J. Steelsius, 1556. 16mo: 216 ff. (lacking ff. 17, 24, 65, 72, 73; toned, title soiled). 19th-c. half vellum by A. Mallié, flat spine. Binder’s ticket “A Tournay Chez A. Mallié”. Ref. BT 9183. - BCNI 2574. - Adams K-26. Prov. Old marginal notes (cropped). - Libr. stamps. (2 vol.)