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[Illustrated incunable Ars Moriendi], Ars moriendi ex varijs scripturarum sententiis collecta/cu(m) figuris ad resistendii in mortis agone dyabolice sugestioni, S.a. [1495/98]. Leipzig. Conrad Kachelofen.
[Illustrated incunable Ars Moriendi], Ars moriendi ex varijs scripturarum sententiis collecta/cu(m) figuris ad resistendii in mortis agone dyabolice sugestioni, S.a. [1495/98]. Leipzig. Conrad Kachelofen.
[Illustrated incunable Ars Moriendi], Ars moriendi ex varijs scripturarum sententiis collecta/cu(m) figuris ad resistendii in mortis agone dyabolice sugestioni, S.a. [1495/98]. Leipzig. Conrad Kachelofen.
[Illustrated incunable Ars Moriendi], Ars moriendi ex varijs scripturarum sententiis collecta/cu(m) figuris ad resistendii in mortis agone dyabolice sugestioni, S.a. [1495/98]. Leipzig. Conrad Kachelofen.
[Illustrated incunable Ars Moriendi], Ars moriendi ex varijs scripturarum sententiis collecta/cu(m) figuris ad resistendii in mortis agone dyabolice sugestioni, S.a. [1495/98]. Leipzig. Conrad Kachelofen.

[Illustrated incunable Ars Moriendi]

Ars moriendi ex varijs scripturarum sententiis collecta/cu(m) figuris ad resistendii in mortis agone dyabolice sugestioni, S.a. [1495/98]. Leipzig. Conrad Kachelofen.
The Dyson Perrins-Hermann Marx copy of the Ars Moriendi.

Fascinating illustrated incunable Ars Moriendi, or Art of Dying, with a wonderful and rarely seen striking set of woodcuts, a medieval best seller, and one of the great themes of medieval life, inspired in the woodblock books. As with all early editions, this edition is rare. This is a very fine, nearly uncut copy of the Ars Moriendi, which comes from two of the greatest English libraries of the 20th century.
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4to, (206 x 154 mm). 14 ff. including 14 full-page woodcuts after the block book illustrations (A8 B6). Modern binding of old(?) wooden boards covered with black silk, vertically patterned. Nearly uncut copy, faint stains on some margins, last leaf with a small restoration at the lower edge. Some contemporary annotations to three pages, leaf B2 2mm smaller at the bottom, obviously delivered like that by the printer. All the woodcuts in very sharp impressions.


Provenance: this is the copy of two of the most important English collectors of the 20th century: Charles Dyson Perrins (sale III, 1947, lot 550: £ 380/-/-, a huge price) and Hermann Marx (exlibris, not in his 1948 sale).

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