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VINCENTIUS BELLOVACENSIS (ca 1194-1264). Opuscula: -Liber gratiae. -Laudes Virginis Mariae. -De Sancto Johanne evangelista. -De eruditione filiorum regalium. -Consolatio pro morte amici. Basel: Johann Amerbach, 13th December 1481.
Chancery 2o (305 x 212 mm). Collation: \Kp\k6; a10 b-c8 d-p10.8 q8; r-v10.8 x8; y A-D E10.8; F-H8 I10 K-M8; N-P8 Q10 (quires N-Q here lacking). 304 leaves (of 338; lacking text of the Consolatio pro morte amici, quires N-Q). 47 lines and head-line, mostly double column. Gothic types 1:185 (head-lines and first lines of books), 5:106(95) (headings and first words of chapters and paragraphs), 3:92 (text). Capital spaces, with printed guide-letters. Lombard initials supplied in alternate red and blue, several with penwork, paragraph marks in head-line and some capital-strokes in red. (Extensive marginal soiling and repairs to the first and last quires affecting a few letters, some lesser marginal soiling throughout.) Modern blind-ruled calf. Provenance: Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Dawson's Bookshop, Los Angeles, 1 August 1941); donated to SMS 1941.
FIRST EDITION of this collection of Vincent of Beauvais's works. BMC III, 746 (IB.37269); C 6259; CIBN V-183; Harvard/Walsh 1156, 1157; Oates 2769; Pr 7562; Goff V-277.
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FIRST EDITION of this collection of Vincent of Beauvais's works. BMC III, 746 (IB.37269); C 6259; CIBN V-183; Harvard/Walsh 1156, 1157; Oates 2769; Pr 7562; Goff V-277.
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