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John of Capua: A Vital Figure

Result EUR181,250
Published on , by Anne Doridou-Heim
Auction on 09 December 2020 - 14:00 (CET) - 3, rue Favart - 75002 Paris

A Latin editio princeps of the Fables of Bidpai staggered bibliophiles when it garnered ten times its estimate.

John of Capua (1250-1310), Directorium vitæ humanæ alias parabola antiquorum sapientum,... John of Capua: A Vital Figure

John of Capua (1250-1310), Directorium vitæ humanæ alias parabola antiquorum sapientum, Strasbourg, Johann Prüss (1447?-1510), c. 1488, folio, period binding in fawn calf.
Result: €181,250

We owe John of Capua (1250-1310), an Italian, the Latin translation of the Hebrew version of the Bidpai Fables . This text, written in Sanskrit between the fourth…
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