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<dl><dd>Sometimes attributed to St. Bonaventure</dd>
<dd>A translation, by Nicholas Love, of: Meditationes vitae Christi</dd>
<dd>"Thus endeth the lyfe of our lorde Jesu Chryst, after Bonauenture"--Colophon</dd>
<dd>Imprint from colophon</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A⁶ B⁸ C⁴ D⁸ E⁴ F⁸ G⁴ H⁸ I⁴ K⁸ L⁴ M-O⁸ P⁴ Q⁸ R⁴ S⁸ T⁴ U⁸ X⁴ Y⁸ Z⁴ 2A⁸ 2B⁴ 2C⁸ 2D⁶.</dd>
<dd>Illustrated title page</dd>
<dd>Printer's device on p. [336]</dd>
<dd>English short title catalogue, S4541</dd>
<dd>Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, &amp; Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 3267</dd>
<dd>Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.530.B64V bound in ca. 19th-century diced russia. Bookplates of the BPL Benton Fund and John Pakington. Armorial bookplate of Henry Hucks Gibbs/Aldenham House on front flyleaf recto. Dealers' notes, etc. Early erased inscription on the title page reads, "This ys Robert [illegible's] boke". Early marginalia. Pencil inscription at end "Purchased at Lord Hampton's sale Febr. 18 1881 ..." Pencil collation note (Quaritch) on rear pastedown. Purchased from Quaritch in October, 1940.</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Jesus Christ</div>
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<dl><dd>Bonaventure, Saint, Cardinal, approximately 1217-1274, attributed name</dd>
<dd>Love, Nicholas, active 1410, translator</dd>
<dd>Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534?, printer</dd>
<dd>Hampton, John Somerset Pakington, Baron, 1799-1880, former owner. MB</dd>
<dd>Gibbs, Henry Hucks, 1819-1907, former owner. MB</dd></dl></div>
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