Apr 11, 2013 - Sale 2309

Sale 2309 - Lot 14

Price Realized: $ 4,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
CARACCIOLUS, ROBERTUS. Sermones quadragesimales de peccatis [and other texts]. [1], 2-191, [1] leaves, including initial and final blanks. First 6 lines of text on a2r printed in red. 4to, 204x152 mm, 16th-century blind-tooled calf over wooden boards with strapwork border around center panel containing 3 vertically arranged rosettes, metal catches, lacking clasps, top of spine and portion of front joint damaged, minor worming through front cover and opening leaves not impairing legibility; light marginal dampstaining at beginning and end, ink accession number on verso of initial blank. Manhattan College bookplate (Brother Julian collection). (Venice: Andreas Torresanus, de Asula, 27 September 1488)

Additional Details

first edition of a collection of Lenten sermons. Hain-Copinger 4439; GW 6080; BMC V, 309; Goff C160; ISTC ic00160000.