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Sun, Dec 3, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 16

ANTIQUE INCUNABULA UNCOMMON 15TH CENTURY FRANCISCUS DE MAIORANIS, 1491. VELVET

Estimate: $6,562.50 - $7,500

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Year/Century: 15th century
Language: Latin
Subject: Religion, Bibles
Binding: Vellum
Description: Ab adventu cum quadragesimali, Franciscus de Maioranis Sermones.Venice: Bernardinus Rizus, Novariensis, 20 January 1491/92 4to: 6 1/4 by 8 3/4" (210 x 146mm.) 215 leaves, a-z [et]8 [con]4; A8 B8-1 C4, double column, 51 lines plus headline, gothic type, vellum binding (bound in Malta), morocco lettering-piece Franciscus de Maioranis (Mayronis, Meyronnes, died c. 1328) was a Franciscan author who produced numerous volumes of sermons in addition to writing on theology. PROVENANCE ink stamp of a Capuchin convent, SAM [Malta?], on title-page; C.R. Fox, Malta, 1824, inscription on title-page and notation "I had this Book bound at Malta soon after I bought it"

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