Nov 11, 2008 - Sale 2162

Sale 2162 - Lot 79

Price Realized: $ 7,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
ALPHONSUS DE SPINA. Fortalitium fidei contra fidei Christianae hostes. [10], 289 leaves; lacks final blank. Gothic type. Rubrication throughout, as well as 4-line initial T in blue and gold on a1r. 4to, approximately 228x168 mm, contemporary blind-tooled calf over wooden boards with brass catches, lacks clasps, rebacked, spine worn, endpapers renewed; marginal foxing, some dampstaining at beginning and end, scattered marginalia including annotations on title, old stamps of the Prussian State Library (released) on verso, bookseller's catalogue description tipped to front pastedown, indistinct branded ownership mark on top edges, bottom edges trimmed at a slight angle. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 25 February 1494
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Fifth edition of a polemical defense of Christianity against enemies of the faith, first published circa 1471, with sections devoted to heretics, Jews, Muslims, and demons. GW 1578; BMC II, 438; Goff A543; Palau 82475; CE XIV, 216; EJ II, 606.