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Incunabula. BERTHOLDUS. Horologium devotionis circa vitam Christi con 2 Supplementi.
 
BERTHOLDUS [DER BRUDER, Berthold]. Horologium devotionis circa vitam Christi. 
(Basel, J. Amerbach, non dopo il 1490)
Carte 66 non numerate, compreso ultimo foglio bianco. 36 illustrazioni xilografiche nel testo. Carattere gotico. 30 righe per pagina. Collazione: a-g8, h10. Spazi per Iniziali con letterine guida.

Legato con:

DE ZUTPHANIA, Gerardus. De spiritualibus ascensionibus. 
(Basel, J. Amerbach & J. Petri, non dopo il 1488/89)
Carte 68 non numerate. Carattere gotico. 30 righe per pagina. Collazione: a-h8, i4. Spazi per Iniziali con letterine guida.

Legato con:

DA KEMPIS, Thomas. De vita et beneficiis salvatoris Jesu Christi devotissime meditationes cum gratiarum actione. 
(Basel, J. Amerbach & J. Petri, non dopo il 1489)
Carte 72 non numerate. Collazione: a-i8. Carattere gotico. 30 righe per pagina. Spazi per Iniziali con letterine guida.

3 opere in un volume in 8vo. 160x108 mm. Legatura coeva in pelle di scrofa con impressioni a secco, fermaglio in argento, rinnovato. Restauro al Frontespizio dell’opera di Kempis e prime pagine con lieve foxing, per il resto pallida velatura di umidità che investe parte delle pagine, ma bell’esemplare marginoso nella sua legatura originale.

1. Prima edizione basilese di questo popolare libro devozionale. Opera magnificamente figurata. Contiene una serie di 36 xilografie molto suggestive sulla vita di Cristo, attribuite a due incisori di Basilea, il Maestro della Bereitung di Ludwig Moser e il Maestro della Haintz Narr. Queste illustrazioni furono di ispirazione per la Piccola Passione di Durer. Hass: “The series of woodcuts for the Horologium greatly contributed to Dürer’s conception of his Small Passion.”
Davies: “The author’s name is given on a2 … The reason of the title is given below, which is that of the Life of Christ is, like the natural day, divided into 24 hours, a summary of the main events in the Life being given on a2 v-3. Thus, the 1st hour is the Annunciation and so on to the 24th hour, which is the Day of Judgment… Contains 36 remarkable woodcuts of early appearance, mostly in outline and with double-line borders forming solid black squares at the angles”.
HC 2993*; H 8928*; Goff B506; BMC III 753; GW 4175. 
Cfr. A. Hass, Two Devotional Manuals by Albrecht Dürer: The ‘Small Passion’ and the ‘Engraved Passion’. Iconography, Context and Spirituality, in: “Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte”, 63/2, 2000, pp. 173-175; H.W. Davies, Catalogue of Early German Books in the Library of C. Fairfax Murray, London, 1962, I, pp. 95-96, no. 60).

2. Rara edizione dell'opera mistica e pia di Gerardus Zerbolt van Zutphen (1367-98), uno degli studenti più famosi di Gert Grote, il padre delle opere edificanti olandesi. La prima edizione apparve a Deventer nel 1483-85. Le bibliografie citate non riportano una data successiva al 1489 o al 1490. Collazione: a-h8, i4. 
GW 10689; Hain/Cop. 16296; Goff G-177; BMC III, 752; BSB G-127; Van der Haegen 16, 45. 

3. Hain, 10992; Stillwell, M 369; B.M.C., III, 752.

Condition Report

BERTHOLDUS [DER BRUDER, Berthold]. Horologium devotionis circa vitam Christi. 
(Basel, J. Amerbach, not after 1490)
66 unnumbered leavesp, including last blank leaf. 36 woodcut illustrations in the text. Gothic type. 30 lines per page. Collation: a-g8, h10. Spaces for initials with guide letters.

Bound with:

DE ZUTPHANIA, Gerardus. De spiritualibus ascensionibus. 
(Basel, J. Amerbach & J. Petri, not after 1488/89)
Unnumbered 68 leaves. Gothic type. 30 lines per page. Collation: a-h8, i4. Spaces for Initials with small guide letters.

Bound with:

DA KEMPIS, Thomas. De vita et beneficiis salvatoris Jesu Christi devotissime meditationes cum gratiarum actione. 
(Basel, J. Amerbach & J. Petri, not after 1489)
Unnumbered 72 leaves. Collation: a-i8. Gothic type. 30 lines per page. Spaces for initials with small guide letters.

3 works in one volume in 8vo. 160x108 mm. Contemporary sow leather blindtooling binding, silver clasp, renewed. Restoration to the Title-page of the work by Kempis and first pages with slight foxing, otherwise pale dampstaining affecting part of the pages, but a fine copy with margin in its original binding.

1. First Basel edition of this popular devotional book. Beautifully illustrated work. Contains a series of 36 very striking woodcuts on the life of Christ, attributed to two Basel engravers, the Master of the Bereitung of Ludwig Moser and the Master of the Haintz Narr. These illustrations were the inspiration for Durer's Little Passion. Hass: “The series of woodcuts for the Horologium greatly contributed to Dürer’s conception of his Small Passion.”
Davies: “The author’s name is given on a2 … The reason of the title is given below, which is that of the Life of Christ is, like the natural day, divided into 24 hours, a summary of the main events in the Life being given on a2 v-3. Thus, the 1st hour is the Annunciation and so on to the 24th hour, which is the Day of Judgment… Contains 36 remarkable woodcuts of early appearance, mostly in outline and with double-line borders forming solid black squares at the angles”.
HC 2993*; H 8928*; Goff B506; BMC III 753; GW 4175. 
Cfr. A. Hass, Two Devotional Manuals by Albrecht Dürer: The ‘Small Passion’ and the ‘Engraved Passion’. Iconography, Context and Spirituality, in: “Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte”, 63/2, 2000, pp. 173-175; H.W. Davies, Catalogue of Early German Books in the Library of C. Fairfax Murray, London, 1962, I, pp. 95-96, no. 60).

2. Rare edition of the mystical and pious work by Gerardus Zerbolt van Zutphen (1367-98), one of the most famous students of Gert Grote, the father of Dutch edifying works. The first edition appeared in Deventer in 1483-85. The bibliographies cited do not give a date later than 1489 or 1490.

3. Hain, 10992; Stillwell, M 369; B.M.C., III, 752.

Bibliografia

1. HC 2993*; H 8928*; Goff B506; BMC III 753; GW 4175. 
Cfr. A. Hass, Two Devotional Manuals by Albrecht Dürer: The ‘Small Passion’ and the ‘Engraved Passion’. Iconography, Context and Spirituality, in: “Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte”, 63/2, 2000, pp. 173-175; H.W. Davies, Catalogue of Early German Books in the Library of C. Fairfax Murray, London, 1962, I, pp. 95-96, no. 60).

2. GW 10689; Hain/Cop. 16296; Goff G-177; BMC III, 752; BSB G-127; Van der Haegen 16, 45. 

3. Hain, 10992; Stillwell, M 369; B.M.C., III, 752.

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