Apr 19, 2004 - Sale 2003

Sale 2003 - Lot 20

Price Realized: $ 805
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(BARLAAM and JOSAPHAT.) John of Damascus, Saint, attributed to. Historia de vitis et rebus gestis sanctorum Barlaam Eremitae & Josaphat regis Indorum. Latin translation attributed to Georgius Trapezuntius. [36], 370, [24] pages. 12mo, contemporary limp vellum; light dampstaining in blank lower margins at beginning and end; branded ownership mark on top edges. Antwerp: Joannes Bellerus, later 16th century

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Popular legend of Christian antiquity, probably derived from the story of Buddha, in which the Indian prince Josaphat is converted to Christianity by the hermit Barlaam. Hoffmann II, 437.