HERP Hendrik O.F.M. (Erp, Noord-Brabant - Mechelen 1477) - Pierre POIRET ( provenance ) :
Reference : 14951
" Tantwerpen. Binnen die/ camerpoorte Int huys van Delf. By / mij Henrick eckert van homberch. Int/ jaer ons heeren M.CCCCC.ii. den / XXVI. dach. Small in-8°, 122 x 90 mm, title with woodcut vignette of the naked Christ, with old coloring + (1)(bl) + (7)(index) + (1)(bl) + (6-228a)(text & colophon) + (228b)(bl), rubricated throughout in red and sometimes blue, some initials with penwork, manuscript ex-libris on leaf 5; ''Dit boeck hoert toe anna trerichts, dochter van Maria''. Old vellum. Some small wormholes in the inner margin of some pages, a small strip of paper cut away at lower margin of pages 3 and 4. An exceptionally fine and complete copy. USTC 410040. Machiels I. H 161. Nijhofff-Kronenburg n°1063. See also L.Verschueren N° 3 (second Dutch edition). Verschueren published in 1931 a study on Herp with an extensive bibliography.The first edition of this text was printed in Mainz by Peter Schoeffer (ca. 1475, in German). Our copy once belonged to the prominent French mystic and Christian philosopher Pierre Poiret, his name written on the title page."