A MEDIEVAL MIRROR SPECULUM HUMANAE SALVATIONIS 1324-1500
Berkeley, Ca: University of California Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio (13.75 in. x 9.75 in.) Dark green linen-covered boards. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in.The only medieval work that exists in manuscripts, in blockbooks, and in sixteen ater incunabula. Its popularity was so great that more than 350 manuscripts,nearly all with miniatures, have survived. Originally written in Latin sometime between 1309 and 1324, it vividly depicts the medieval typological system. Includes miniatures from twenty-seven manuscripts, reproductions of the early Netherlandish blockbooks, as well as all 116 woodcuts of the Speculum editions. 230 pp. Fine in Fine Dustjacket. Item #85072
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