Apr 12, 2016 - Sale 2410

Sale 2410 - Lot 78

Unsold
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
HEMMERLIN, FELIX. Opuscula et tractatus. Large woodcut of the author on title. [182] (of [184]) leaves; lacks the 2 blanks. Gothic type. Rubricated. Folio, 258x186 mm, 18th-century red morocco gilt, top of spine restored, 2 small imperfections on front cover; occasional soiling and dampstaining, particularly heavy on v4, v5, and x1, generally light elsewhere, scattered faded early marginalia, single small wormhole through opening leaves not impairing legibility, title toned and soiled with 2 vertical light streaks at bottom. [Strassburg: Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner), after 13 August 1497]

Additional Details

Collected writings of a Swiss cleric (circa 1388-circa 1460), including polemics on contemporary ecclesiastical conditions and tracts on exorcism and demonology. Hain-Copinger 8424; GW 12187; BMC I, 172; ISTC ih00017000.