Live auction - Lot 870
[Bible - Gospel commentary]
Commentarii in quattuor evangelistas [...].
Pont-à-Mousson, S. Mercator, 1596-1597
€ 150 / 250
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Lot description
2 parts in 1 vol. folio: [10]-476, [10]-598 pp. (tiny holes due to foxing, occ. dampstains, spotting, some pencil scribbling at frontispiece, endpapers frayed).
Cont. blind-tooled calf over wood, mod. shagreen spine on 5 raised bands, metal corner pieces with metal claps and catches (scratched, rubbed, rebacked, def. on edges). Good copy.
First edition of the commentaries on the Gospels by the famous Jesuit scholar Juan Maldonado (1534-1584). Engr. title page with architectural framework with the Evangelists in classical niches. Ref. DBS V:403. - Brunet III:1334. - Not in Adams. Prov. Old ownership entries.