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BONAVENTURA (Saint, 1221-1274; attributed to). Meditationes vitae Christi. Augsburg: Günther Zainer, 12 March [14]68.
Chancery 2° (302 x 213mm). Collation: [110 2-48 5-710 88] (1/1 blank, 1/2 prologue, 1/3r text, 8/8v colophon). 71 leaves (of 72, without first blank). 35 lines. Type: 1:117G. Opening initial in red and green, extending into margin, 2-line initials in red or green, some extending into margins, red paragraph marks, underlines and capital strokes. Pinhole in upper and lower margins. (Light spotting on first and last leaf, one marginal tear neatly repaired.) 20th-century English brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt, red edges. Provenance: some contemporary marginal markings -- Albert Ehrman (1890-1969), Broxbourne Library bookplates, inscription; sale Sotheby's, 14 November 1977, lot 1, £7,500, to:) -- André Himpe (De Gulden Passer 2003, no. 32).
THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN AUGSBURG by Günther Zainer of Reutlingen, the first printer at Augsburg, and THE FIRST OF ANY WORK BY OR ATTRIBUTED TO ST. BONAVENTURA TO APPEAR IN PRINT. Long attributed to Bonaventura, the Meditationes vitae Christi were written by an anonymous Tuscan Franciscan, identified usually as Johannes à Caulibus, for a nun of the Poor Clares. Included in it is a genuine Bonaventuran work, a 'Meditationes de Passione' (cf. Dict. Spirit I, 1851-2). It testifies to a wide range of influences, embracing the theological direction of St. Bernard and building on the philosophical conception of Hugo de S. Victore. Its influence and popularity is evidenced in the more than 60 editions published before 1501. H *3557; GW 4739; BMC II, 315 (IB. 5402); BSB-Ink B-681; CIBN B-659; Bod-inc B-441; Goff B-893.
Chancery 2° (302 x 213mm). Collation: [110 2-48 5-710 88] (1/1 blank, 1/2 prologue, 1/3r text, 8/8v colophon). 71 leaves (of 72, without first blank). 35 lines. Type: 1:117G. Opening initial in red and green, extending into margin, 2-line initials in red or green, some extending into margins, red paragraph marks, underlines and capital strokes. Pinhole in upper and lower margins. (Light spotting on first and last leaf, one marginal tear neatly repaired.) 20th-century English brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt, red edges. Provenance: some contemporary marginal markings -- Albert Ehrman (1890-1969), Broxbourne Library bookplates, inscription; sale Sotheby's, 14 November 1977, lot 1, £7,500, to:) -- André Himpe (De Gulden Passer 2003, no. 32).
THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN AUGSBURG by Günther Zainer of Reutlingen, the first printer at Augsburg, and THE FIRST OF ANY WORK BY OR ATTRIBUTED TO ST. BONAVENTURA TO APPEAR IN PRINT. Long attributed to Bonaventura, the Meditationes vitae Christi were written by an anonymous Tuscan Franciscan, identified usually as Johannes à Caulibus, for a nun of the Poor Clares. Included in it is a genuine Bonaventuran work, a 'Meditationes de Passione' (cf. Dict. Spirit I, 1851-2). It testifies to a wide range of influences, embracing the theological direction of St. Bernard and building on the philosophical conception of Hugo de S. Victore. Its influence and popularity is evidenced in the more than 60 editions published before 1501. H *3557; GW 4739; BMC II, 315 (IB. 5402); BSB-Ink B-681; CIBN B-659; Bod-inc B-441; Goff B-893.
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