Dec 06, 2001 - Sale 1917

Sale 1917 - Lot 25

Price Realized: $ 201
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
BARTHOLOMAEUS DE PISA. L'Alcoran des Cordeliers . . . c'est à dire, Recueil des plus notables bourdes & blasphèmes de ceux qui ont osé comparer Sainct François à Jesus Christ; tiré du grand livre des Conformitez, jadis composé par frère Barthelemi de Pise, Cordelier de son vivant. Nouvelle Édition.<> 22 etched plates by bernard picart,<> including folding "tree of conformity." 2 volumes. 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked retaining most of worn original backstrips. Amsterdam: Aux Dépens de la Compagnie, 1734

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First published in 1531, a collection of excerpts from the notorious 1510 Liber conformitatum of Bartholomaeus de Pisa drawing parallels between the lives of St. Francis and Jesus Christ, with a French translation by Conrad Badius, and a preface by Martin Luther.<