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JOHANNES DE TAMBACO (1288-1372)

Lot 105
13.07.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 105 | JOHANNES DE TAMBACO (1288-1372)
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£ 3 000 – 5 000
JOHANNES DE TAMBACO (1288-1372)

Consolatio theologiae. [Strasbourg: Printer of Henricus Ariminensis (Georg Reyser?), not after 1479].

First unabridged edition, second overall, of an influential theological work by a student of Meister Eckhart and fellow student of Johannes Tauler. A fresh copy with rubrication dated 1482 and in a binding dated 1484⁄1485. Modeled on Boethius's Consolatio philosophiae, the present text inspired an entire genre of theological ‘consolations.’ It circulated extensively in manuscript form during the 14th and 15th centuries, and went through 6 incunable editions—including a Dutch translation. HC(+Add) *15236; GW M14759; BMC II 484; CIBN J-288; Bod-inc J-200; BSB-Ink I-524; ISTC ij00436000; Goff J-436.



Chancery folio (286 x 212mm). 294 leaves, rubricated throughout, major initials with penwork decoration in first 5 quires, rubricator’s date 1482 at end, some contemporary quiring preserved (neat tear just into text on first leaf, light marginal worming in last quire touching one letter). Bound at Weddern Carthusian monastery [EBDB w002359] in blindstamped calf over wooden boards, tooled with small eagles, fleur-de-lis and other tools, and dated by a row of lettered stamps 1484 (back) and 1485 (front), remains of two fore-edge clasps (rubbed, rebacked, pastedowns removed, one original flyleaf remaining at front); modern folding case. Provenance: John Camp Williams, Morristown, NJ (bookplate, booklabel, inscription dated October 1901).





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