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DIONYSIUS, the Carthusian [i. e., DENIS VAN LEEUWEN]. De quatuor hominis novissimis. Title within woodcut historiated border incorporating vignette of the author is his study, woodcut of skeleton on verso, and portrait of the author on the last page. [8], 128 leaves; lacks d1. 8vo, 147x98 mm, contemporary English binding of calf over pasteboard with panel stamps of the arms of Henry VIII surrounded by Tudor badges on covers, leather on rear cover crackled with panel stamp rubbed and partly indistinct, top of spine reinforced at an early date, binding recased with endpapers renewed, front joint partly cracked; marginal dampstaining throughout, occasional soiling, modern owners' pencil and ink notes on front endpapers, early inscriptions on title and scattered early marginalia; 1/4 morocco folding case. Cologne: (Johannes Dorst), 1532
Third edition of a treatise on the Four Last Things (death, judgment, heaven, and hell) by the Flemish mystical theologian (1402-71), originally published in 1486. VD16 D1952; Oldham, Blind Panels HE.15, HE.16(?).
