- 153
Paulus de Sancta Maria
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- Scrutinium scripturarum. Rabbi Samuel: Epistola contra Judaeorum errores [translated by Alphonsus Boni Hominis]. Mantua: Johannes Schallus, 1475
- Paper
Chancery folio (257 x 177mm.), 270 leaves, [a] b-o10.8 p-r8; A-K10.8 L10; M-N10, 39 lines, 4- to 9-line initial spaces, gothic type, mottled calf gilt by F. Bedford, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, lower cover somewhat scraped
Provenance
erased ownership inscription at end; Sir Edward Sullivan, bookplate, sale, Sotheby's, 27 May 1890, lot 4794, £2-10s, Rimell; William O'Brien, bequest bookplate dated 1899
Literature
Goff P204; HC 10765; BMC vii 933; Bod-inc P-047; GW M29967; Grosjean & O'Connell 86
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The text was most probably copied from Johann Mentelin's Strassburg edition of c. 1474 (see lot 152), and indeed the unusual typeface was probably adapted from Mentelin's. Schallus was a physician from Hersfeld for whom printing was a hobby rather than an occupation. It is plausible that one of Mentelin's assistants worked for him.
The second tract, questioning the Jews' rejection of Christ, was written in the mid-fourteenth century by a Christian, not a Jew (and plausibly written by the Dominican Alphonsus Boni Hominis rather than just translated by him), as missionary propaganda for converting Jews to Christianity.
The signatures in quires b-g are printed far away from the text in the lower corner of the leaf, and some of them have been cropped.