Digulleville, Guillaume de
Le pelerinaige de lame, 27 April 1499. Paris. Pierre le Caron for Antoine Vérard
The only copy in private hands of a wonderful illustrated incunable on the ´pilgrimage´ of the soul, a Medieval bestseller on advices for Christians.
First and only edition, an impressive French illustrated incunable with woodcuts specially conceived for this book, meant to fixate on the mind of the reader the horrors of limbo and hell, and the glory of salvation, a religious and literary sensation of the 14th century, it is an allegorical pilgrimage of the soul in the path to salvation, a topic of significant interest in the Middle Ages and early Renaissance period.
First and only edition, an impressive French illustrated incunable with woodcuts specially conceived for this book, meant to fixate on the mind of the reader the horrors of limbo and hell, and the glory of salvation, a religious and literary sensation of the 14th century, it is an allegorical pilgrimage of the soul in the path to salvation, a topic of significant interest in the Middle Ages and early Renaissance period.
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Folio, (246 x 182 mm). 2 ff., 84 ff. 19th century red crushed morocco, spine lettered in gilt, gilt turn ins, gilt edges by Thibaron-Joly. Overall a fine copy, washed and pressed in the 19th century at the time of binding, overall a very fine copy.
Provenance: Eugène Piot (cat. 1891, n° 478) ; Charles Fairfax Murray (cat. Early French Books II, n° 644) ; Edmée Maus, with her book plate ; Otto Schäfer (cat. II, 1995, n° 94 : “Goff ’s treatment of this edition as part II of Verard’s edition of the undated Pelerinages de la vie humaine is an error. There is nothing in the title-pages, quiring, or colophons of the two works to connect them bibliographically.”) ; J.R. Ritman, with his book plate (BPH); Pierre Bergé, with his book plate.
Provenance: Eugène Piot (cat. 1891, n° 478) ; Charles Fairfax Murray (cat. Early French Books II, n° 644) ; Edmée Maus, with her book plate ; Otto Schäfer (cat. II, 1995, n° 94 : “Goff ’s treatment of this edition as part II of Verard’s edition of the undated Pelerinages de la vie humaine is an error. There is nothing in the title-pages, quiring, or colophons of the two works to connect them bibliographically.”) ; J.R. Ritman, with his book plate (BPH); Pierre Bergé, with his book plate.
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