Oct 27, 2015 - Sale 2395

Sale 2395 - Lot 226

Price Realized: $ 1,040
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
NATALIBUS, PETRUS DE. Catalogus sanctorum[m] [et] gestorum eoru[m]. Woodcut of the Crucifixion within border of small vignettes on +8v, similar border on facing page; profusion of small text woodcuts and woodcut historiated or ornamental initials. [8], 503 (of 504) leaves; lacks last leaf with printer's device. 4to, 203x152 mm, 19th-century 1/2 leather, joints starting, cover corners worn; occasional light marginal soiling and dampstaining, oxidized scored inscription, stain, and St. Charles Borromeo Seminary stamp on title, accession number on next leaf, light horizontal stain across last leaf. [Venice] (Nicolaus de Franckfordia, 1 December 1516)

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Late 14th-century hagiographical compendium first printed in 1493 containing brief notices of a multitude of saints from the Creation to the author's time, arranged according to the ecclesiastical calendar.