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CARACCIOLUS, Robertus (c.1425-1495). Sermones quadragesimales de poenitentia. Basel: Bernhard Richel and Michael Wenssler, [before 10 July] 1475.
An early edition of a popular series of Lenten sermons by one of the most celebrated preachers of the fifteenth century. Although Roberto da Lecce, as he was also known, lived and worked in Italy, his several collections of sermons were equally popular in northern Europe and were printed in many incunable editions. This edition was the first work to be printed jointly by the Basel printers Bernhard Richel and Michael Wenssler. HC(Add) *4432; GW 6070; BMC III 736; BSB-Ink C-134; ISTC ic00174000; Goff C-174.
Chancery folio (270 x 199mm). 360 leaves, 12-line woodcut opening initial and other smaller initials, rubricated (some faint waterstains and minor worming; as in the BL copy, this copy is without the last leaf containing the register of quires). Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, bound at the Convent of the Friars Minor at Nuremberg [Kyriss 24, EBDB w000087], vellum title label in a rubricated contemporary hand on upper cover, chain staple hole in lower board (lacking clasps and metal pieces, small loss of leather on lower cover, some worming). Provenance: Kelkheim, Franciscan Abbey (inscription) – some early marginal annotations.
An early edition of a popular series of Lenten sermons by one of the most celebrated preachers of the fifteenth century. Although Roberto da Lecce, as he was also known, lived and worked in Italy, his several collections of sermons were equally popular in northern Europe and were printed in many incunable editions. This edition was the first work to be printed jointly by the Basel printers Bernhard Richel and Michael Wenssler. HC(Add) *4432; GW 6070; BMC III 736; BSB-Ink C-134; ISTC ic00174000; Goff C-174.
Chancery folio (270 x 199mm). 360 leaves, 12-line woodcut opening initial and other smaller initials, rubricated (some faint waterstains and minor worming; as in the BL copy, this copy is without the last leaf containing the register of quires). Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, bound at the Convent of the Friars Minor at Nuremberg [Kyriss 24, EBDB w000087], vellum title label in a rubricated contemporary hand on upper cover, chain staple hole in lower board (lacking clasps and metal pieces, small loss of leather on lower cover, some worming). Provenance: Kelkheim, Franciscan Abbey (inscription) – some early marginal annotations.
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