Binding. — ROSEMONDT (Godescalc). Confessionale, - Lot 27

Binding. — ROSEMONDT (Godescalc). Confessionale, or A Little Book Beautifully Summarizing the Manner of Confession [...]. Published by the most renowned Academy of Leuven. Professor of Arts and Sacred Theology [...] Magister Godscalco Rosemondo, of Endoviensi [...]. Leuven, published by Ionnem de Vvinghe, 1554. In-8, sowskin, blind-stamped decoration on the covers, border featuring portraits of the apostles, central plaque of the Society of Jesus, ribbed spine, spine bleached with handwritten title, clasps (contemporary binding). Printer’s vignette on the title page, 8 index leaves at the end, on the front of the last leaf, the privilege granted to Ioannem de VVinghe dated August 26, 1533, and on the reverse, “Lovanii Prostant in foro apud Ionnem de VVinghe bibliopolam ivratum e regione Aethiopis apud antiquum petrum.” Reprint (the first edition was from 1518) of theologian Rosemondt’s thesis on confession. From the Lucerne Library, with a stamp on the title page and an old signature. From the André Lambert Collection, with an ex-libris. Wear on the binding.