ID 470241
Lot 151 | Thomas Peuntner (c1390-1439)
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
Büchlein von der Liebe Gottes. 1498
[PEUNTNER, Thomas (c.1390-1439)]. Büchlein von der Liebe Gottes mitsamt dem Spiegel der kranken und sterbenden Menschen. Augsburg: Johann Schönsperger, 26 July 1498.
Schönsperger printing of Peuntner's widespread work on the love of God. Although anonymous, this work is now attributed to Thomas Peuntner. From 1426, Peuntner was pastor and preacher in Vienna at the court of Duke Albrecht V (1397-1439; later elected King of the Romans as Albert II, Duke of Luxembourg, in 1438). On 3 April 1436, Peuntner was installed as a canon in the respected collegiate monastery of St. Stephan, which was closely connected to the court and university of Vienna. Goff B1270; HC 4064; BMC II 372; BSB-Ink P-403; GW 5690; ISTC ib01270000.
Octavo (114 x 87mm). (Without the final 2 blanks, a few leaves cropped close, occasional faint and insignificant browning and staining.) Modern blind-stamped pigskin to style, blue edges, clasps (covers lightly soiled).
| Place of origin: | Germany |
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| Auction house category: | Antiquarian books, Books |
| Place of origin: | Germany |
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| Auction house category: | Antiquarian books, Books |
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