May 11, 2010 - Sale 2214

Sale 2214 - Lot 102

Price Realized: $ 1,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
(HAGIOGRAPHY.) Theatrum patientiae humanae [title taken from leaf 6r]. manuscript in latin, written in cursive script in brown ink, recto and verso, on laid paper. [182] leaves, the last used as rear pastedown. 217x173 mm, contemporary sheep over wooden boards with brass catches and clasps, binding cocked and rubbed, top of spine chipped; opening leaves browned, worming through bottom portion of last several leaves slightly affecting text. 19th-century stamp of the parish church of Rungsdorf on first page. Germany, 18th century

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364 brief biographies of saints arranged according to the calendar, with index at beginning and miscellaneous texts at end.