Nov 08, 2007 - Sale 2127

Sale 2127 - Lot 136

Price Realized: $ 10,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
STELLA CLERICORUM. Large white-on-black title woodcut of holy monogram surrounded by vignettes of the animals symbolizing the Evangelists. [10] leaves. Gothic type. 4to, 204x142 mm, modern 1/4 vellum; some early underscoring and marginalia, adhesive discoloration on pastedowns. [Zwolle: Peter van Os, between 27 March 1493 and 1 December 1496]
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Popular handbook for priests that first appeared circa 1475-78 and went through over 50 editions in the 15th century alone, most of which survive in only a small number of copies. Campbell 1616; Copinger 5652; GW M43949; Polain (Belgium) 3617. ISTC is00775500 locates copies at Brussels, Cologne (imperfect), and Copenhagen.