[Rarebooks] FS: Rare early ed. of Franciscan preacher Maillard's most famous work. Paris: 1521

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(CATHOLIC CHURCH) Maillard, Olivier. DIVINI ELOQUII PRECONIS CELEBERRIMI FRATRIS... SERMONES DE ADVENTU DECLAMATI PARISIUS... (Paris): Jean Petit. (10 January 1521). Sm. 8vo. ff.116,(6), with the final blank. Index. Double column text. Petit's device on title. Modern vellum, hand lettered in contemporary style, over boards. Some worming to a few leaves at top blank margin has been neatly repaired.    $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
Maillard (1430-1502), was a celebrated French Franciscan preacher. This work is a rare early edition of Maillard's most famous work, his "Sermones de Adventu." Renouard: INVENTAIRE CHRONOLOGIQUE DES EDITIONS PARISIENNES DU XVI SIECLE: 1521 #174.

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