Dives and Pauper . Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde 3 December 1496. Chancery 2° (240 x 171mm). Collation: A 6 B 4 a-x 8 y-z 6 \\i 6 (A1r title with woodcut, A1v woodcut, A2r preface, B4v woodcut, a1r chapter one, \\i5v colophon and device, \\i6r woodcut, \\i6v woodcut). 178 leaves (of 196, lacking A 6 B 4, a8, b2,3, o2, \\i1, 3, 4 and 6). 40 lines and headline, double column. Type: Duff 4:95 textura, 6:135 textura. Large printer's device (McKerrow 1b), woodcut lombard initials. (Lacking the five woodcuts from 3 blocks [Hodnett 464, 800, 463], a2 fore-margin renewed, o7, z6 remargined with slight loss, \\i3,5 remargined with loss partly supplied in facsimile, tear into text without loss in 4 leaves and with slight loss in p3, tear in e8 with loss of a few words, several headlines just shaved, marginal repairs in 11 leaves, some soiling and staining.) 19th-century diced russia, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, signed by J. Clarke (extremities scuffed). Provenance : [G. Fielding, sale Sotheby's, 11 May 1953, lot 134, £180 to Maggs]. SECOND EDITION of a dialogue between Pauper, a well-read preacher, and Dives, an educated layman. As a popular exposition the practical application of the Ten Commandments, its scope exceeds theology and touches on politics and society, warfare, astrology, and folklore. It is a rich source for the beliefs of medieval Christians, and was even considered heretical by some of its contemporary readership. When Robert Bert of Bury-St-Edmunds was accused of heresy in 1430, one of the charges against him was his ownership of a copy of Dives and Pauper , probably because some of its arguments fitted Lollard teaching. (cf. EETS edition by P. Barnum, 1976-80; and M. Aston, Lollards and Reformers ). Although attributed to Henry Parker (fl.1454-64) since John Bale's time, it has since been shown to have been written a generation earlier than Parker, c. 1405-1410. Only 8 manuscripts, including the printer's copy for the first edition printed by Pynson in 1493 (M.L. Ford, 'Author's Autograph and Printer's Copy,' Incunabula , ed. M. Davies, London: 1999, pp. 109-128, no.23), and a few fragments survive. See R.H. Pfander, The Library , 4th series, 14, 1933-34, pp.299-312; and H.G. Richardson, idib. 15, 1935, pp.31-38. HC 6110; Duff 340; STC 19213; Goff P-118.
Dives and Pauper . Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde 3 December 1496. Chancery 2° (240 x 171mm). Collation: A 6 B 4 a-x 8 y-z 6 \\i 6 (A1r title with woodcut, A1v woodcut, A2r preface, B4v woodcut, a1r chapter one, \\i5v colophon and device, \\i6r woodcut, \\i6v woodcut). 178 leaves (of 196, lacking A 6 B 4, a8, b2,3, o2, \\i1, 3, 4 and 6). 40 lines and headline, double column. Type: Duff 4:95 textura, 6:135 textura. Large printer's device (McKerrow 1b), woodcut lombard initials. (Lacking the five woodcuts from 3 blocks [Hodnett 464, 800, 463], a2 fore-margin renewed, o7, z6 remargined with slight loss, \\i3,5 remargined with loss partly supplied in facsimile, tear into text without loss in 4 leaves and with slight loss in p3, tear in e8 with loss of a few words, several headlines just shaved, marginal repairs in 11 leaves, some soiling and staining.) 19th-century diced russia, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, signed by J. Clarke (extremities scuffed). Provenance : [G. Fielding, sale Sotheby's, 11 May 1953, lot 134, £180 to Maggs]. SECOND EDITION of a dialogue between Pauper, a well-read preacher, and Dives, an educated layman. As a popular exposition the practical application of the Ten Commandments, its scope exceeds theology and touches on politics and society, warfare, astrology, and folklore. It is a rich source for the beliefs of medieval Christians, and was even considered heretical by some of its contemporary readership. When Robert Bert of Bury-St-Edmunds was accused of heresy in 1430, one of the charges against him was his ownership of a copy of Dives and Pauper , probably because some of its arguments fitted Lollard teaching. (cf. EETS edition by P. Barnum, 1976-80; and M. Aston, Lollards and Reformers ). Although attributed to Henry Parker (fl.1454-64) since John Bale's time, it has since been shown to have been written a generation earlier than Parker, c. 1405-1410. Only 8 manuscripts, including the printer's copy for the first edition printed by Pynson in 1493 (M.L. Ford, 'Author's Autograph and Printer's Copy,' Incunabula , ed. M. Davies, London: 1999, pp. 109-128, no.23), and a few fragments survive. See R.H. Pfander, The Library , 4th series, 14, 1933-34, pp.299-312; and H.G. Richardson, idib. 15, 1935, pp.31-38. HC 6110; Duff 340; STC 19213; Goff P-118.
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