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[Incunabulum]. THOMAS CANTIPRATENSIS [Thomas de Cantimpré]. …
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Lot no. 48
Estimate: €2,000 - €3,000
Sale date : 12/10/2025 at 10:30 AM
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Books, manuscripts, old papers and historical documents
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[Incunabulum]. THOMAS CANTIPRATENSIS [Thomas de Cantimpré]. Bonum universale de proprietatibus apum. [Cologne, Johann Koelhoff the Elder, c. 1478-80]. In-folio of 133 [of 134] ff (Signs: a-o8, p7, q8, r6). A rubricated copy, the initial of each of the two parts decorated in red and blue. Text on two columns of 39 lines. Half fawn basane, richly decorated smooth spine, fawn morocco t.p., boards covered with imitation shagreened basane paper (Binding circa 1830). Rare incunabulum of the work by the theologian, hagiographer and encyclopaedist, the Flemish Dominican Thomas de CANTIMPRE (1201- 1272), Le bien universel ou les abeilles mystiques, written between 1256 and 1263, a work of moral and spiritual edification supported by examples and similitudes drawn from the life of bees which are used allegorically; "convents in particular are the emblem of the beehive" (long handwritten bibliographical note at the head of the work, probably written in the early 19th century). This copy contains valuable information on beekeeping in the Middle Ages. Some period headlines and marginal annotations in red ink. From the library of the Château de Rosamel, with its engraved armorial bookplate; probably Claude DU CAMPE DE ROSAMEL (1774-1848), admiral, peer of France, deputy, Minister of the Navy and the Colonies, probably the author of the long note at the head. Ref: Graesse, II, 38; ISTC, it00346000; Goff, T-347. The first quire, of 8 ff. begins at a2, conforming to that of the copy in the Düsseldorf Library (https://digital.ulb.hhu.de/urn/urn:nbn:de:hbz:061:1-311478); folio p8 lacking. Some wetness, the last three pages of the table are doubled and show some missing text; head jaws split.
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