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Auction archive: Lot number 131

VINCENTIUS BELLOVACENSIS (ca.1190-ca.1264). Speculum historiale . [Augsburg: Monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra], 1474.

Auction 28.06.1995
28 Jun 1995
Estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
ca. US$2,871 - US$3,987
Price realised:
£2,300
ca. US$3,668
Auction archive: Lot number 131

VINCENTIUS BELLOVACENSIS (ca.1190-ca.1264). Speculum historiale . [Augsburg: Monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra], 1474.

Auction 28.06.1995
28 Jun 1995
Estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
ca. US$2,871 - US$3,987
Price realised:
£2,300
ca. US$3,668
Beschreibung:

VINCENTIUS BELLOVACENSIS (ca.1190-ca.1264). Speculum historiale . [Augsburg: Monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra], 1474. Volumes I and III only. Royal 2° (401x283mm). Collation: see previous lot. 336 (of 338, lacking innermost bifolium of quire 28) leaves; 372 leaves. 52 lines, double column. Type: 2:103G, printed guide-letters beginning in part I, quire 28. 3-line initials opening each chapter in red, 7- to 12-line initial spaces opening each book left blank, paragraph marks in red. (Very light dampstaining in some fore-edges of vol. I; very light dampstain on 1/1 and in extreme upper gutter of vol. III, a few leaves slightly smudged with ink, undoubtedly in the printing shop.) Contemporary calf over bevelled wooden boards, blindstamped, from the bindery of the monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra (worn, with pieces of calf torn, repaired), evidence of two fore-edge clasps, pressmark painted on spines, Kyriss shop 2. SECOND EDITION. Not only was printing carried out at the monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra, but allied book arts were practiced as well, such as rubrication and binding. These volumes were bound at the monastery and include the identifying stamps with the names of its patron saints. This is a large, fresh copy with the pinholes still visible. C 6247; BMC II, 339 (IC. 5774); Goff V-284; Polain(B) 3942; IDL 4649; IGI 10314 (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 131
Auction:
Datum:
28 Jun 1995
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

VINCENTIUS BELLOVACENSIS (ca.1190-ca.1264). Speculum historiale . [Augsburg: Monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra], 1474. Volumes I and III only. Royal 2° (401x283mm). Collation: see previous lot. 336 (of 338, lacking innermost bifolium of quire 28) leaves; 372 leaves. 52 lines, double column. Type: 2:103G, printed guide-letters beginning in part I, quire 28. 3-line initials opening each chapter in red, 7- to 12-line initial spaces opening each book left blank, paragraph marks in red. (Very light dampstaining in some fore-edges of vol. I; very light dampstain on 1/1 and in extreme upper gutter of vol. III, a few leaves slightly smudged with ink, undoubtedly in the printing shop.) Contemporary calf over bevelled wooden boards, blindstamped, from the bindery of the monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra (worn, with pieces of calf torn, repaired), evidence of two fore-edge clasps, pressmark painted on spines, Kyriss shop 2. SECOND EDITION. Not only was printing carried out at the monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra, but allied book arts were practiced as well, such as rubrication and binding. These volumes were bound at the monastery and include the identifying stamps with the names of its patron saints. This is a large, fresh copy with the pinholes still visible. C 6247; BMC II, 339 (IC. 5774); Goff V-284; Polain(B) 3942; IDL 4649; IGI 10314 (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 131
Auction:
Datum:
28 Jun 1995
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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