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ALBER (E.) & BADE (C.). L'Alcoran des Cordeliers, both in La…
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ALBER (E.) & BADE (C.). L'Alcoran des Cordeliers, both in La…
See original version (French)
Estimate €700 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
ALBER (E.) & BADE (C.). L'Alcoran des Cordeliers, both in Latin and in French, that is to say, a collection of the most notable blunders and blasphemies of those who have dared to compare Sainct François to Jesus Christ. Amsterdam, aux dépens de la Cie, 1734.
2 vol. in-12, red morocco, ornate smooth spines, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, gilt fillet on the edges, interior roulette, gilt edges.
The illustration consists of a title-frontispiece, a fold-out genealogical table and 20 in-text figures, all engraved in intaglio by Bernard Picart.
Erasmus Alber's Alcoranus Franciscanorum, the present translation of which by Conrad Baden was published in 1556, is a collection of the most blasphemous extracts from the "Liber conformitatum", a work famous for the absurdities it contains, in which its author, Bartolomeo degli Albizzi, sought to highlight the similarities between the life of Christ and that of St Francis (Brunet I, 152; Cohen 5).
A fine copy in contemporary morocco.
See original version (French)
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