Sale 2501 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 7, 2019

253 252 c   THOMAS AQUINAS, Saint. Expo- sitio . . . in Evangelium Sancti Joannis Eva[n]geliste. [12], 147 leaves; lacks final blank. Folio, 292x206 mm, contemporary blind-tooled goatskin with later thong ties, expertly rebacked; light marginal dampstain- ing, mainly along bottom edges, marginal soiling at beginning and end, 16th-century monastic ownership inscription on title, old scrawls on rear free endpaper, contents other- wise generally clean. (Venice: Simone da Lovere for Alessandro Calcedonio, 27 July 1508) [800/1,200] first edition . EDIT16 CNCE 31810, vari- ant A (first issue, without errata); Stegmüller 8050 (not noting this edition); Quétif & Echard I, 325 (1520 Paris edition only). 253 c   [THOMAS À KEMPIS, Saint.] The Christians Pattern, or Imitation of Christ. [14], 392 pages, including engraved title. 24mo, 100x56 mm, modern vellum- backed silk over boards with the covers from a 17th-century embroidered binding laid down, showing allegorical figures of Hope (front) and Faith (rear); margins trimmed entering some headlines and direction lines, marginal dampstaining at beginning and end; gilt edges , with painted floral decoration on fore edges; brown straight-grain morocco pull-off case. [London]: R. Daniell for John Clarke, 1654 [500/750] Possibly unrecorded near-miniature edition. Not in Wing, ESTC, OCLC, or COPAC. 252