Lot 242: Mantelius, Johannes (1599-1676) Speculum Peccatorum Aspirantium ad Solidam Vitae Emendationem. Antwerp: Aertessens, 1637. Quarto, illus

Est: $400 USD - $600 USDSold:

SkinnerBoston, MA, USJune 01, 2013

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Description

Mantelius, Johannes (1599-1676) Speculum Peccatorum Aspirantium ad Solidam Vitae Emendationem. Antwerp: Aertessens, 1637.
Quarto, illustrated with an engraved title and seventeen text engravings by Dutch engraver Pieter de Jode (1570-1634) accompanying the story of Saint Augustine's miraculous conversion; a clean copy, in a contemporary parchment binding, ex libris designer and artist Allan Francis Vigers (1858-1921), with his self-designed woodcut bookplate dated 1894, and his signature on ffep, extensive contemporary note on Augustine on the free end leaf at the back, 8 x 5 3/4 in.

Artist or Maker

Pieter de (1570) Jode

Condition Report

*4, a4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Eee4.

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Auction Details

Fine Books & Manuscripts

Skinner

June 01, 2013, 11:00 AM EST

The Heritage on the Garden 63 Park Plaza, Boston, MA, 02116, US

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