Live auction - Lot 852
Catechismus romanus, ex decreto Concilii Tridentini & Pii V. Pontificis Maximi iussu primum editus. Nunc […] quaestionibus distinctus […] [ed. Andreas Fabricius Leodius […]].
Subject: [Plantin Press - Binding]
€ 250 / 350
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Lot description
Antwerp, Plantin Press (Widow Chr. Plantin & J. Moretus), 1596
8vo: [22]-470-[35-1 bl.] pp. (sm. hole in marg. blank part of title and ff. D6-8; minor browning).
Contemp. blind-stamped pigskin over wood (sl. soiled, a few tiny wormholes), covers decorated with roll-stamped borders with a.o. respresentations of "Spes", "Carit[as]", "Fides" and "Pacim", spine with 4 raised bands, edges bevelled inside, metal clasps & catches. Good copy.
Rare Moretus ed. of the great Catechism of the Council of Trent, adapted for the Low Countries. First ed. 1572 by Plantin. André Lefèvre (ca. 1520-1581) was Professor of philosophy at Leuven. Woodcut mark on title.
Ref. Imhof (Moretus) C-37. - BT 596. - BCNI 4306. - Adams C-1074. - STC Dutch (BL) 200. - Pettegree NB 29674.
Prov. "Ex libris Udalici Brünnhoferi Kapperscharilensis 1597" (ownership entry on title crossed out). - "Interlibros Bibliotheca Ecclesia Kaperschierlensis 1650" (ownership entry on title).
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