BRANT (Sébastien). Stultifera navis. [Augsburg, Johann Schön - Lot 6

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BRANT (Sébastien). Stultifera navis. [Augsburg, Johann Schön - Lot 6
BRANT (Sébastien). Stultifera navis. [Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger the Elder, April 1, 1497]. In-8, 9.5 x 14.2 cm, CXLV + [2] ff. (a-s8, t4), 19th-century binding in marbled fawn calf, gilt roulette framing the boards, smooth spine decorated with faux-nerfs and gilt motifs, title page, gilt edges. Latin incunabulum edition of the Nave of Fools, translated from German by Jakob Locher Philomusus (1471-1528). Printed in Augsburg, it is illustrated with 118 woodcuts, one of which is repeated, based on Dürer's famous drawings. Title wood slightly enhanced in wash. Handwritten provenance marks in upper margin of title (monastery libraries). Wet stamp touching a word in the title, with cut-out in lower margin of title. Small restored cracks (f. l7 and f. p4), small marginal hole (f. I8). A few leaves slightly trimmed on the side with damage to the text of the notes. Joints slightly rubbed. Joints split, spine detached. Goff B1088.- H 3748*.- GW 5056.- ISTC ib01088000 (no copies listed in French institutional libraries). Expert : Cédric et Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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