Sales catalogue 533: Maggs Bros

Date:
1930
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/88
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 533: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lyons. Janon Carcain: A.D. 1486-1500. DE IMITATIONE CHRISTI—continued. A very rare edition of the beautiful Jyztation of Christ. This edition was first recognized as from the press of Janon Carcain by Claudin, who found a copy in the Bibliothéque Sainte-Genevieve at Paris. It is a ques- tion whether this edition is earlier than the one produced by Jean Trechsel, dated 1480. The little Gothic type used in printing this work 1s of Italian origin. Proctor has remarked its resemblance to a type sometimes used at Rome by Eucharius Silber after 1481, and which that printer termed J/z/¢erae Venetae (Venetian letters or founts). This copy was originally in the possession of the Celestines of Lyons, whose ownership note appears on the verso of the last printed leaf. Several other early owners have also inscribed their names. [40]
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