Tractatus de spiritualibus ascensionibus.

Printer's device on t.p. for Jehan Petit (woodcut)

"Domini Geraldi zuthphanie de spiritualib[us] asce[n]sionibus deuotus tractatulus omnibus in spirituali vita proficere volentibus et de quattuor in quibus incipientes deo seruire debent esse cauti non minus necessarius [quam] vtilis Incipit feliciter. De quinq[ue] necessarijs in vita religiosa [pro]ficere disponentibus. Ca. i. [B]Eatus vir cuius est auxilium abs te : ascensiones in corde disposuit"--Leaf [3a]2r.

"Ad ociosa vel noxia verba [pro]ferenda : aut si illo die"--Leaf 3b1r.

"Luce vti[li]o. Oportuit [christu]m pati et ita intrare in gloria[m] sua[m]. Finis."--Leaf 3hr.

Text printed on watermarked paper.

Although the USTC record states 'Paris', Martina Nickel of the Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke is quite sure this edition was printed in Rouen by Le Forestier,

Universal Short Title Catalogue, 143730

Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy. Binding: rebound in stiff dark brown paper wrappers; text block sewn on three cords; paper spine label with illegible ms title in black ink. Provenance: ms foliation 58-121 at centre of head margin beginning on [3a]2. Rubricated with initials, paragraph marks, initial strokes and underlines in red, many illuminated with silver; paragraph mark on [3a]3 in blue, and paragraph mark and line filler on [3a]8 in blue; initial on [3a]2 in blue and red with penwork extending into the margin. Some printed initials and paragraph marks. Marginalia 3d3, 3e5, 3g5v, 3h6v in red ink; extensive Latin annotation in brown ink in an early hand on final two pages, rubricated and slightly cropped; same hand on t.p. (also slightly cropped). Printer's device crudely coloured in red and yellow on t.p. Formerly held by the Colin Library, Mt. Mary's Seminary, Greenmeadows, Taradale. Deposited on permanent loan in the Alexander Turnbull Library by the Society of Mary, December 2001. Some soiling and browning, water stains on 3d1 and 3d2; prominent stain on 3b6v and 3f4v. Copy specific details available on request from Curator, Special Printed Collections. Accompanied by 2 slips with bibliographical information. Acc. 352594.

Electronic reproduction of print book Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand, 2017