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RODERICUS ZAMORENSIS.

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Speculum vitae humanae. S.l.n.d. [at colophon]: 1475 [Basel, Martin Flach]. In-folio, chocolate calf, spine gilt titled, edges speckled (modern binding). HC, 13944. - GW, M38458. - Goff, R-224. VERY RARE INCUNABLE BALOIS, printed by Martin Flach. The Speculum vitae humanae or Mirror of Human Life, a famous moral treatise by the Spanish historian Rodrigo Sanchez de Arevalo, known as Rodericus, bishop of Zamora, secretary to John II and later to Henry IV of Castile, first appeared in Rome in 1468. A rubricated copy, including some old annotations. Small hole causing a loss of letters on folio 99. Aureole of wetness at the foot of several leaves, damp stains at the bottom of the last 8 leaves.