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75 - GUEVARA (Antonio de). THE MOUNT OF CALVARY.
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Estimate €100 - €150
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GUEVARA (Antonio de). THE MOUNT OF CALVARY. In which the seven last words spoken by the Son of God as He hung upon the cross are explained, together with numerous figures from Holy Scripture, and various devotional contemplations and beautiful exclamations are included. [MOUNT CALVARY. EXPLANATION OF THE SEVEN LAST WORDS OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS]. Munich, Nicolaus Henricus [Nikolaus Heinrich], 1610. Small in-4, marbled fawn sheepskin, double blind-stamped border on the covers with lacing for closure, spine with two flat raised bands, edges speckled in red and blue (original binding); (8) preliminary leaves, 305 leaves [i.e. 302 ff., pagination error with no pages missing: ff. 97–99 are absent], (5) pp. of register. Spine and joints of the binding formerly covered with an opaque grey adhesive; lower cap missing; wear to the corners; a small loss of paper, without damage to the text or engraving, in the lower left-hand corner of the first two folios; a gap restored in the side margin of the third leaf and of f. 23, minor worm damage without affecting the text in the upper margin of pp. 236 to 269, the fastening laces are probably of later date. THIRD EDITION, revised and corrected, of this German translation by Aegidius ALBERTINUS (1560–1620) of the Spanish text by Antonio de GUEVARA (1481–1545), Bishop of Mondoñedo and chronicler to Charles V, devoted to the meditation on the seven last words of Christ on the cross. Printed in German Gothic type, with Latin quotations in Roman type, running titles, initials, headpieces and footpieces engraved on wood. Title printed in red and black, adorned with a WOODCUT DEPICTING CALVARY, bringing together several episodes from the Passion around the three crosses, with the caption ‘Christus se tibi, tu te Christo ’ [‘Christ gives himself to you; give yourself to Christ’]. A GOOD COPY, with the book block in fresh condition.
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