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DIONYSIUS, the Carthusian [i. e., DENIS VAN LEEUWEN]. De quatuor novissimis hominis. [13], 304 [i. e., 307] leaves. 16mo, 118x75 mm, old limp vellum with spine title in ink and remnants of thong ties; contents browned with occasional marginal dampstaining, wormhole in gutter through first quarter of volume slightly affecting text, stains and old inscriptions on title, paper seal on verso. Later owner's handwritten prayers in Spanish and pencil drawing of skull on endleaves. Branded ownership mark on bottom edges, possibly of the Convento de Santa María Magdalena de San Martín Texmelucan, Puebla (cf. CCMF/BF-12060). Lyon: heirs of Jacobus Giunta, 1558
Treatise on the Four Last Things (death, judgment, heaven, and hell) by the Flemish mystical theologian (1402-71), originally published in 1486. Expurgated copy, by order of the Mexican Inquisition, with the inscription of Fray Domingo de Salazar dated 1574 on title verso and text inked out on leaves 108-110.
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