(PILGRIMAGE OF THE SOUL) DIGULLEVILLE, Guillaume de
Le pelerinage de l'ame, Paris: Pierre le Caron for Antoine Verard, 27 April 1499.
VERY RARE AND WONDERFULLY ILLUSTRATED INCUNABLE: THE PILGRIMAGE OF THE SOUL, 1499 FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, WITH 28 DRAMATIC WOODCUTS—THE ONLY KNOWN COPY IN PRIVATE HANDS
First and only edition of this impressive illustrated incunable of a popular late medieval allegory tracing the pilgrimage of the soul through the horrors of hell and limbo and toward the glory of salvation, beautifully illustrated with 28 magnificent and dramatic woodcuts (eight repeated) specifically designed for this book in the workshop of Antoine Vérard and not repeated in any other text. The Charles Fairfax Murray-Otto Schäfer-Pierre Bergé copy, splendidly bound in full morocco by Thibaron-Joly.
First and only edition of this impressive illustrated incunable of a popular late medieval allegory tracing the pilgrimage of the soul through the horrors of hell and limbo and toward the glory of salvation, beautifully illustrated with 28 magnificent and dramatic woodcuts (eight repeated) specifically designed for this book in the workshop of Antoine Vérard and not repeated in any other text. The Charles Fairfax Murray-Otto Schäfer-Pierre Bergé copy, splendidly bound in full morocco by Thibaron-Joly.
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