Divi Lamberti Episcopi Traiectensis, Martyris & magni apud Friburgenses Brisgoicos Patroni uita […]. Epistola ad Hieronymum Husaerum Pludentinum quae Friburgum summatim complectitur […].

ENGELBRECHT, Philippus

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Lot description

Basel, J. Froben, April 1519

4to: 48 pp. (toned, some minor spotting in final quires).

Mod. quarter vellum, marbled paper on covers. Very good copy.

Rare epic poem on St Lambert of Maastricht (636-700) by Philipp Engelbrecht Engentinus (1499-1528), a Latin teacher at Freiburg. Title within elaborate woodcut border ("Fool and Satyr") by Urs Graf. Woodcut mark at the end.
Ref. VD16 E-1216. - Sebastiani (Froben) 130 (ext. descr.). - de Theux 1306. - STC German (BL) 268. - Not in Adams.
Prov. Collector’s stamps and marks (i.a. "E. Gelin"). - Library stamps (i.a. Wien duplicate).