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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 4, 2018 | Christie's | London | Old Masters/New Scholars: Works of Art to Benefit Rugby School | 162 | $****** - ****** | VORAGINE, Jacobus de (1230-1298). Legenda aurea, in English: The golden legende. [London:] Notary. |
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W. Herbert, 1780 (inscription) –
Sotheby's, London, 11 August, 1857, lot 222 (purchase record inscription).
A rare early English edition of The Golden Legend. Some of the woodcuts were previously used by Caxton and Wynkyn de Worde, but of special interest are the five crible metal engravings, probably of French origin, and some unusual initials after the style of Andre Bocard. Only 2 auctions records for this edition both in the 1980s (RBH/ABPC), and only 8 copies held in institutions according to ESTC. ESTC S101014; STC 24877.
Full page woodcut illustration, numerous historiated woodcut initials and small illustrations, gilt edges (lacks last leaf, front hinge broken, first leaf with central fold, light staining and soiling, first 2 quires and some leaves shorter sometimes just shaving the headline, possibly supplied, L9 repaired with loss of a few words, text on O7 partly crossed out, a few repairs). 19th-century blindstamped russia (upper joint starting, lightly rubbed).
![VORAGINE, Jacobus de (1230-1298). Legenda aurea, in English: The golden legende. [London:] Notary. by Anonymous](https://liveart-analytics.imgix.net/images/249662082/4d5cb28b-e595-47be-8ca7-d87afbbe6cb0?w=1280&h=960 "VORAGINE, Jacobus de (1230-1298). Legenda aurea, in English: The golden legende. [London:] Notary. by Anonymous")
