Quadragesimale viatoris. [Augsburg: Monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra, not after 1476]. [Bound with:] RAMPIGOLLIS, Antonius (c.1360-1423) and BINDO DE SENIS (d.1390). Aurea Biblia, sive Repertorium aureum Bibliorum. [Augsburg: Monastery of SS. Ulrich...

Quadragesimale viatoris. [Augsburg: Monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra, not after 1476]. [Bound with:] RAMPIGOLLIS, Antonius (c.1360-1423) and BINDO DE SENIS (d.1390). Aurea Biblia, sive Repertorium aureum Bibliorum. [Augsburg: Monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra, c.1475]. [And:] BARTHOLOMAEUS DE CHAIMIS (d.c.1496). Confessionale sive Interrogatorium. - Interrogationes faciende infirmo morienti. [Nuremberg:] Friedrich Creussner, 27 March 1477.

A clean, wide-margined compendium for the practicing Christian, preserving early quiring. 1st work: only two auction records for this edition in 1977 and 1982 (ABPC/RBH). C 5002; BMC II 340; Bod-inc Q-001; BSB-Ink Q-1; ISTC iq00001000; Goff Q-1. 2nd work: second edition, for which no auction records (ABPC/RBH). HC *13678 = 13691; BMC II 340; Bod-inc B-345A; BSB-Ink B-521; ISTC ir00013000; Goff R-13. 3rd work: the fourth of about a dozen editions printed in the 15th century. Chaimis was a Milanese Franciscan, and in this treatise on the confessional, he lists not just sins in general but specific questions relating to the sins of different people, whether they are children, married couples, priests, merchants, students, craftsmen, farmers, butchers or tavern keepers. H *2482; GW 6543; BMC II 448; Bod-inc B-077; BSB-Ink C-246; ISTC ib00156000; Goff B-156.

Together 3 works in one volume, chancery folio (311 x 205mm). 48; 116; 112 leaves. Rubricated (first leaf lightly soiled, first few leaves spotted). Contemporary blindstamped calf over wooden boards, manuscript titles on edges (without catches, bosses removed, spine head restored, joints split). Provenance: Franciscan Monastery at Bolzano, Tyrol (bookplate and inscription).

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