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PLACUS,A.,
Lexicon biblicum, sacrae philosophiae candidatis elaboratorum...: Köln, M. Novesianus, 1536. 29 nn. (statt 30, ohne Titelbl.) XIII - CCVII num., 1 nn. Bl. M. zahlr. Holzschn.-Init., darunter das Wappen des Joh. von Metzenhusen, Erzbischof von Trier, von A. Woensam von Worms. Folio. Hldr. d. 19. Jhdts.
* Adams P 1388; Hurter II,1478; Jöcher-Adelung-Rotermund VI,340; Falk, Bibelstudien, S. 178 f. - Lt. Widmungsschreiben an den Erzbischof von Trier, Johann von Metzenhausen, wurde Placus von seinem Lehrer N. Herborn (Ferber) zur Herausgabe des Werkes angeregt. Es folgt ein Widmungsschreiben an J. Gobler (1533), ferner eine kurze Instruktion de accentibus et primo de Hebraicis. - Stempel a. erstem Bl., einie Wurmlöcher. In Inkunaleähnlicher Type und Druckanordnung. - Rckn. berieben. [Bookseller: Kraemer & Hansen GmbH]
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CLIMACO GIOVANNI SANTO
CLIMACHO ALTRAMENTE SCHALA PARADISI.
(In fine:) Questo libro fu facto in Venesia per Matheo da Parma. Nel Mcccclxxxi. die VIII mensis Iunii (Venezia, Bernardinus Benalius e Matteo Capcasa, 8 giugno1491), in-4, ff. 144 n.n., legatura moderna in p.pergamena. Illustrato da due artistiche incisioni in legno (mm 480x500 circa caduna): Annunciazione (sul titolo) e Deposizione di Cristo Morto (al verso del secondo f.). Seconda edizione della traduzione in italiano (prima Torrebelvicino presso Vicenza, Leonardo Longo, 1478; quella del 1477 citata dallHain 5466 non esiste) di questa famosa guida spirituale, Klimax tou Paradeisou' o Scala del Paradiso, composta in greco nel VII secolo da San Giovanni soprannominato Climaco, ovvero quello della scala', dal nome appunto del suo componimento. Vera e propria sintesi della tradizione monastica antica, illustra, attraverso trenta gradini, altrettante tappe della vita monastica. La Scala del paradiso venne tradotta in molte lingue, tra cui latino, siriaco, armeno, arabo e slavo. Sulla base della traduzione latina di Angelo Clareno da Cingoli, nel XIV secolo lagostiniano Gentile da Foligno la traspose in italiano. Buon esemplare di raro incunabolo, censito solamente in una decina di Biblioteche nel mondo. CATALOGO MARTINI 188. BMC,V, 373: Sebbene questo libro porti soltanto il nome del Capcasa tuttavia un passo del suo testamento prova che e' uno di quelli stampati in societa' col Benali; ledizione fu limitata a 750 copie' IGI 5215. ESSLING 565. SANDER 2018. GAMBA, 1105 (nota); ZAMBRINI, OPERE VOLGARI, 467 [Bookseller: Libreria Antiquaria PREGLIASCO - Torino ]
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GIORNALE DELL'ISTORIE DEL REGNO DI NAPOLI QUALE SI CONSERVA PER IL DUCA DI MONTELIONE DALL'ANNO 1266 FINO AL 1478.
NAPOLI, G. GRAVIER, 1769. (REGNO DI NAPOLI - ED.700) [Bookseller: Franco A. Volta]
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Pius II, Pope
EPISTOLAE FAMILIARES
Johann Koelhoff (Cologne 1478) small 4to., full modern goat with five raised bands, stained top edge with cloth-covered clamshell box, snap closure and a leather title label on spine with gilt lettering. (251) leaves (first blank missing as also occurred in the BM copy). ¶(Catalogue of Books Printed in the XVth Century now in the British Museum, Part One, p.222; Hain, 150). It appears that only one other copy of this edition exists in America in a publicly catalogued collection, and only seventeen other copies of this edition were found in catalogue searches in libraries worldwide. No editions by this printer, Johann Koelhoff, appear in auction records after 1978. Auction records show that three editions of 1478 were sold, but these are printed by Michael Greyff in Reutlingen. This volume contains the correspondence of the great Italian humanist Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (1405-1464). Aeneas was known as something of a rake in his youth; his penchant for adventure and mischief is evidenced by his illegitimate children. He put off taking holy orders until after he was 40 years old. Though his behavior was modified in his early years as a priest, he did not seriously renounce his frivolous lifestyle until much later in his life when he was elected pope (1458). He adopted Pius II as his name, effectively conveying his change of attitude. In fact, he stated his desire to be remembered as the devout Pius, not the dandy Aeneas. He acted as an Imperial secretary to the Austrian emperor Frederick III of the Holy Roman Empire, apostolic secretary to two popes and the anti-pope Felix V. His loyalties shifted often through his career--initially opposed to Pope Eugene IV, he later became a great supporter and a defender of the church. As pope, Pius was more interested in continuing the crusading efforts of his predecessor, Calixtus III, than reviving the arts he enjoyed in his youth. He sought to unite Europe against the threat of Turkish invasion. His ambitions, life experiences and observations survive in a number of writings from throughout his lifetime. He was crowned Poet Laureate by Frederick, though critical appreciation of his poetry has diminished over time. He wrote about the events of his day, including works on general history and geography. Since scandal survives above all else, one of his best remembered works is his youthful romance De Duobus Amantibus, the Tale of Two Lovers, which went through many editions and was, in its time, a best seller in its own right. Late in his life he unsuccessfully tried to suppress the distribution of this popular work. The Epistolae Familiares was printed by Johann Koelhoff the Edler in Cologne just a couple of decades after the first printed book came off the presses of Johann Gutenberg. Koelhoff was a contemporary of William Caxton, who printed the first book in English. Caxton learned the craft of printing in Cologne but left for England soon after the heralded arrival of Koelhoff, the financially well-backed newcomer, in 1472. Other prominent printers moved out of Cologne around this time; though it is tempting to suggest that the new competition drove them away, the numbers are suggestive but not conclusive. Koelhoff trained in Venice, which was an important center for commercial book production through the century. Printed in blackletter. Initials, underlining, paragraph marks and initial strokes in red. First initial letter elaborated in blue and red with a decorative vegetal design scrolling down the entire margin. One other letter in blue. Index tab affixed to one page. The date of publication in the colophon is erroneously printed as 1458 and has been corrected in pen. Three plates affixed to the front pastedown: a library plate, a bookplate of Georgius Kloss, Frankfurt im Maine and an inscription stating, "372 [the '2' scratched out and 374 written above] years old: only 23 years later than the Mazarin Bible celebrated as the First Printed Volume." A handwritten note in the margin of one page, a few passages bracketed with ink. Some pages slightly soiled. A few smudges of the red ink used to highlight initial and capital letters forcefully reminds the reader of the hands that decorated these pages five hundred and fifty years ago. The pages have been rebound, probably sometime in the past twenty years, in the style popular in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Blind tooled and gilt single-line frames with small gilt dentils. The austere style displays the beauty of the fine leather. Some internal repairs as well. [Bookseller: Oak Knoll Books]
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BIBLE,
Die Kölner Bibel 1478/1479. (De Keulse Bijbel 1478/1479). Facsimile edition of the Low German Cologne Bible of 1478/79.
. Hamburg, Friedrich wittig Verlag, 1979; large fol.; 1088pp., with 123 illus. & borders, initials in blue & red; with vol. of commentary. * This important bible was the work of a consortium, incl. Nurnberg's Anton Koberger, who aimed to serve the needs of the whole low-German-speaking region from the Rhine to the Baltic. It uses two dialects - of the Lower Rhine and of Lower Saxony - while the illustrations, in large format, designed to complement the whole text, contribute to making Scripture even more accessible to people for whom it had hitherto been filtered through scholarly interpretation. The illustrations have been related to ink drawings for a manuscript bible of 1460. Volume I of this edition is a complete facsimile in original format; Volume II contains analyses of the work & its background, a ink drawings. Folio, Cloth Heavey set ask for postal quote [Bookseller: Thornton's Bookshop (C. Randall) ABA BA]
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INCUNABULA - [GRUYTRODE, JACOBUS DE].
Speculum aureum anime peccatricis. Colophon: speculum aureum anime peccatricis, a quodam cartusiense editum: finit feliciter. Impressumque Parisius per magistrum Vdalricum cognomento Gering.
Paris, Ulrich Gering [1478 or 79]. a-c10, d12: 42 ff. 4to, 207X143 mm. Rubricated in red throughout. First leaf slightly dusty, a few faint underlinings, but a clean, crisp and unwashed, internally near perfect copy with many uncut edges, preserving the ms catchwords at end of quires b and c. Bound in brown cloth from the second half of the 19th century. * Early (possibly second) edition of a feisty and charming devotional which quickly achieved tremendous popularity, appearing in about 40 known editions in the 15th century, including translations into French, German and English (by Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII). It is divided into seven chapters, one for each day of the week. Ulrich Gering was one of the triumvirate of German printers, called to Paris by its university in 1470, who became the first printers in France. Gering worked alone, as here, only around 1478 and 1479. A beautiful example of Gering's antiqua printing (the Roman type was apparently chosen at the insistence of the Paris university).* References: ISTC 00639000; Goff S639; H 14904; Pell 4309. Very rare: ISTC records only eight copies: four outside France and one only in the US (Chicago, Newberry). [Bookseller: Vangsgaards Antikvariat]
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PETRARCH, Francesco
Trionfi
1478 1478 PETRARCH, Francesco. [I Trionfi.]. (Colophon: Venice: Reynaldus of Nijmegen and Theodorus of Rendsburg, 1478). Small, thick folio, later full vellum rebacked, new endpapers. $12,000. First edition of the Trionfi to contain both the Lapini and the Philelphus commentaries-a touchstone for the literature and art of Renaissance Europe. Petrarch was crowned poet laureate of Rome in 1341 and is generally considered the poet who ushered in the Renaissance. "He perfected the sonnet form and left behind a body of work in the Tuscan dialect of Italy, the beauty and sensibilities of which justly secured him the reputation as being the first modern lyric poet" (King's College). First published in 1470, Trionfi is an allegorical cycle composed in terza rima, the metrical form devised by Dante for his comedy. The poem is cautionary in nature and takes as its metaphor a triumphal procession of six allegorical figures-Love, Chastity, Death, Fame, Time, and Eternity-each victorious over its predecessor. Central to Trionfi (as well as to his later Canzoniere) is Petrarch's unrequited love for a woman named Laura, whom he first saw on April 6, 1327 in the church of St. Claire in Avignon and who died of the plague in 1348. "The first two parts, Triumph of Love and the Triumph of Chastity, were probably written within the years 1340-1344, as a work complete in itself. But the death of Laura in 1348 led Petrarch to write the Triumph of Death which he followed soon after with the Triumph of Fame. The last two parts, the Triumph of Time and the Triumph of Eternity, were not written until the last few years of his life and Petrarch constantly reworked the earlier sections of the Trionfi so at the time of his death it was still in an unfinished state" (King's College). The final triumph of Eternity, however, remains supreme, as the symbol of peace, eternal life, and the everlasting union of the poet with his beloved Laura: "If he was blest who saw her here on earth, What then will it be to see her again in heaven!" Trionfi had a huge influence on the literature and art of Renaissance Europe. "Guardiani estimates that, in the 16th century alone, over 300,000 short lyrics, mostly sonnets, were written, and that most of them were in imitation of Petrarch. In England, Chaucer, Shakespeare and Donne all owe a debt to Petrarch as do Spenser, Surrey, and Wyatt" (King's College). Trionfi was also an inspiration to Shelley, whose Triumph of Life was written in terza rima. This early incunable edition of Trionfi is the first to contain both of the extensive commentaries by Bernardo Lapini da Siena and Franciscus Philelphus. In this edition, "the printers established a form followed in all later editions of separating the portions of [Petrarch's] text in rectangular spaces, the commentary filling the rest of the page" (Fiske Petrarch Collection). Rubricated throughout with initial letters and section marks. In this edition, "the printers established a form followed in all later editions of separating the portions of [Petrarch's] text in rectangular spaces, the commentary filling the rest of the page" (Fiske Petrarch Collection). Rubricated throughout with initial letters and section marks. Running titles supplied in contemporary hand, occasional glosses in manuscript. Bound without first blank leaf. Hain & Copinger 12767. Proctor 4429. Goff P381. Thacher 297. Interior near-fine and bright, with small worm-holes to first leaf, shallow dampstain to first two gatherings. A lovely copy, in excellent condition. [Bookseller: Bauman Rare Books]
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INCUNABULA - [GRUYTRODE, JACOBUS DE].
Speculum aureum anime peccatricis. Colophon: speculum aureum anime peccatricis, a quodam cartusiense editum: finit feliciter. Impressumque Parisius per magistrum Vdalricum cognomento Gering.
Paris, Ulrich Gering [1478 or 79]. a-c10, d12: 42 ff. 4to, 207X143 mm. Rubricated in red throughout. First leaf slightly dusty, a few faint underlinings, but a clean, crisp and unwashed, internally near perfect copy with many uncut edges, preserving the ms catchwords at end of quires b and c. Bound in brown cloth from the second half of the 19th century. * Early (possibly second) edition of a feisty and charming devotional which quickly achieved tremendous popularity, appearing in about 40 known editions in the 15th century, including translations into French, German and English (by Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII). It is divided into seven chapters, one for each day of the week. Ulrich Gering was one of the triumvirate of German printers, called to Paris by its university in 1470, who became the first printers in France. Gering worked alone, as here, only around 1478 and 1479. A beautiful example of Gering's antiqua printing (the Roman type was apparently chosen at the insistence of the Paris university).* References: ISTC 00639000; Goff S639; H 14904; Pell 4309. Very rare: ISTC records only eight copies: four outside France and one only in the US (Chicago, Newberry). [Bookseller: Vangsgaards Antikvariat]
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DIONYSIUS PERIEGETES (fl. 124 A.D.)
De situ Orbis
Franciscus Renner de Heilbronn, Venice 1478 DIONYSIUS PERIEGETES (fl. 124 A.D.). De situ orbis. Translated by Antonius Beccaria. Venice: Franciscus Renner de Heilbronn, 1478. // Chancery 4° (204 x 141mm). Collation: a-c8 d-e6 (a1r translator's preface addressed to Hieronymus de Leonardis, a3r text, e5r colophon, e5v table of contents, e6v blank). 36 leaves. 4-line incipit printed in red. 26 lines, table in two columns, printed shoulder notes. Woodcut white-on-black initials. Type: 5:109bR. (Occasional light spotting, small marginal wormtrack in last two leaves.) Modern binding reusing old limp vellum (light stains). Second separate edition of Dionysius' didactic compendium of geographical descriptions of the known world. Here it is in the prose translation by the Veronese humanist Antonio Beccaria; Dionysius' work first appeared in print in a free verse translation in Priscian's Opera in 1470 before the first Beccaria edition of 1477. H 6227; GW 8427; BMC V, 195 (IA. 19865); BSB-Ink. D-178; Hoffmann I, 594; Klebs 340.2; Goff D-254. // Photo available upon request. [Bookseller: Louis Caron*]
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[Bible, in Latin]
BIBLIA LATINA
Nuremberg Anton Koberger 1478 Koberger's 3rd Latin Bible, 51 lines and headline, double column, canon marginalia in the Gospels. A profusion of 3- to 13-line rubricated initials in red, blue and magenta, many with lovely flourishes, red and blue paragraph marks and additional rubrication throughout. Royal folio (412 x 287mm); 16-1/8 x11-1/8, most probably a Koberger binding of contemporary German stamped calf over thick wood boards, the boards center-paneled and decorated in blind in a pattern resembling a foliate tool within lattice compartments and with a border of alternating rosettes and a separate foliate tool, embossed brass catches (3 of 4 remaining) with remains of straps and with endpapers from a printed edition of Persius. Some expert restoration in a few places. 468 leaves, complete. A very handsome and important copy with great likelihood coming from Koberger's workshop. THE THIRD EDITION OF THE KOBERGER LATIN BIBLE, issued three years after his first great folio Bible. Anton Koberger was for a number of years the leading publisher of his time. The total list of his printings for the forty years from 1473 to 1513, when he died, comprises no less than two-hundred and thirty-six separate works, including fifteen impressions of the Biblia Latina, eight of which presented material differences of notes and commentaries which entitled them to be considered as distinct editions. In the actual number of separate works issued, Koberger was possibly equaled by one or more of his contemporaries, but in respect to literary importance and costliness, and in the beauty and excellence of the typography, the Koberger publications were not equaled by any books of the time excepting the issues of Aldus in Venice (Putnam II, p. 150). This third printing of Koberger's Latin Bible is essentially a reprint of his editions of 1477 and 1475, largely based on the Fust and Schoeffer edition of 1462. The tractate of Menardus is included which is a summary of the books of the Bible with a guide on how to best study them. It was first printed not after 1474. A beautiful example of the magnificent productions during the first generation of printed Bibles, the state of preservation and the impressive German binding making it all the more so. [Bookseller: Buddenbrooks, Inc.]
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JACOBUS DE VORAGINE
Legenda Aurea Sanctorum.
Nürnberg, Koberger 1478. 42 cm. (2), 274 Blatt, 2 Spalten 50-zeilig. Mit grosser Initiale auf Goldgrund, das Jüngste Gericht darstellend, und floraler Randbordüre auf Folio 1r, durchgehend rubriziert mit Kapitel-Initialen in Rot und Blau. Zeitgenössischer (Weihenstephaner?) Klostereinband aus rötlichem Hirschleder mit reicher Verzierung und Papiertitelschild. Rücken restauriert. In den Innendeckeln je ein Manuskriptblatt. Auf Registerblatt 1r Eintragung "Iste Liber attinet Weyhensteven" ¶ - Copinger, Rep. Bibl. 6414 - Proctor 1978 - Goff J-90 - Hase, Koberger S. 90 - IDL 2557; Madsen 2173. Impressum am Ende: 11. August 1478. Die ersten Blatt am breiten Rand etwas fingerfleckig und zwei kleine Randeinrisse. Die Einbandverzierung besteht aus zwei verschiedenen geprägten Bordüren. Das Mittelfeld ist in rautenförmige Felder aufgeteilt, Schliessen und Beschläge entfernt. Auf beiden Deckeln durch Abschabung kleinere Fehlstellen. - Sprache / Language: Lateinisch / Latin - [Bookseller: H.Th. Wenner Antiquariat]
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Lasa (Tassilo) von (Heydebrand) der (Hrsg.)
Leitfaden für Schachspieler. 2. verm. u. verb. Aufl. Berlin, Veit & Comp. 1857. 8º. 2Bll. VIII. 236S. mit zahlr. Abbildungen, Lwd. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. R. u. Vorderdeckel.
Van der Linde 1478.- Erstmals 1848 erschienen.- Der "Leitfaden“ ist ein Extract aus dem "Handbuch des Schachspiels“, des seiner Zeit wohl wichtigsten theoretischen Schachbuchs, das der Verfasser aus dem Nachlaß Bilguers herausgab.- Etw. gebräunt od. stockfleckig, der dekorative orig. Ebd. nur leicht berieben od. fleckig. [Bookseller: Kunsthandlung - Antiquariat Johannes Mül]
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Turrecremata, Johannes de (1388 - 1468)
Expositio super toto psalterio.
Mainz, Peter Schöffer, April 4th, 1478. Third Schöffer edition. Pott Folio; 12.2 in x 8.2 in. 196 (of 198) ll. (a12, b-s10, t-v8).(Hain 15701; Goff T524) Blind-stamped calf binding. Good condition. Peter Schöffer's third edition of Johannes de Turrecremata's writings on the biblical psalms. The volume was decorated richly and artistically. The text contains beautiful initials painted by hand with great care. A total of 149 wonderful red initials as well as a 5-lines and a 7-lines blue initial can be found in this precious incunable. The last leaf shows Peter Schöffer's printer's mark. It depicts two coats of arms and was printed in deep red ink. It must be mentioned that this third edition of the 'Expositio super toto psalterio' is the first book that was ever provided with a printer's mark. The binding is especially captivating. It is the original incunabula binding and was preserved in a rarely seen and extraordinary condition. The original brass mountings on both covers are beautifully preserved. Both brass clasps are working. The calf binding over the original wooden boards was decorated with an elaborate blind-stamped pattern. [Condition of the binding: Good / Condition of the paper: Good (+) / Further remarks: The binding is rubbed but only lightly bumped. A small fault on the back cover was professionally repaired. Missing central brass mount on back cover. Two of the corner mountings with minimal damage. Lacking blank leaves a1 and v8. First leaf with stronger foxing, otherwise the paper is in excellent condition with only occasional light foxing. First half of the volume with few worm holes in lower part but without any text loss. A wonderfully preserved copy of this incunabulum edition of Turrecremata's 'Exposito'.] Johannes de Turrecremata (also Juan de Torquemada) (1388 - 1468) was a monk of the Dominican Order from Spain. He took an active part in the councils of Constance (as a student), Basle and Ferrara-Florence which had a great impact on his life. Turrecremata also acted as bishop in various places such as Cadiz, Orense, Palestrina, Sabina and Léon. Due to his work 'Summa de Ecclesia Turrecremata is regarded the father of Catholic Ecclesiology. The work consists of four books, each dealing with on of the following topics: Nature and the Secret of the Church, the Roman Primacy, the Councils, Schism and Heresy. Other than that, Turrecremata dealt with uncountable other theologian matters, such as the structure of the sacred power and questions from the field of Mariology. Peter Schöffer (1425-1503) was a printer from Gernheim at the river Rhine. From 1452 he worked in Gutenberg's workshop in Mainz and became the chief printer after the workshop was taken over by Johannes Fust. When the latter died in 1466, Schöffer married Fust's daughter and thus from the on owned the workshop himself. Schöffer is regarded as one of the best printers and editors of the incunabula age. He improved the technique of movable type printing and established the printer's mark as a proof of origin of printed books. One of his most important prints was the 'Mainz Psalter' published in 1457. It was the first work to be printed using three different colours on a single printing plate [Bookseller: Bibliopegi GmbH]
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Pius II, Pope
EPISTOLAE FAMILIARES
(Cologne Johann Koelhoff 1478). (Catalogue of Books Printed in the XVth Century now in the British Museum, Part One, p.222; Hain, 150). It appears that only one other copy of this edition exists in America in a publicly catalogued collection, and only seventeen other copies of this edition were found in catalogue searches in libraries worldwide. No editions by this printer, Johann Koelhoff, appear in auction records after 1978. Auction records show that three editions of 1478 were sold, but these are printed by Michael Greyff in Reutlingen. This volume contains the correspondence of the great Italian humanist Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (1405-1464). Aeneas was known as something of a rake in his youth; his penchant for adventure and mischief is evidenced by his illegitimate children. He put off taking holy orders until after he was 40 years old. Though his behavior was modified in his early years as a priest, he did not seriously renounce his frivolous lifestyle until much later in his life when he was elected pope (1458). He adopted Pius II as his name, effectively conveying his change of attitude. In fact, he stated his desire to be remembered as the devout Pius, not the dandy Aeneas. He acted as an Imperial secretary to the Austrian emperor Frederick III of the Holy Roman Empire, apostolic secretary to two popes and the anti-pope Felix V. His loyalties shifted often through his career--initially opposed to Pope Eugene IV, he later became a great supporter and a defender of the church. As pope, Pius was more interested in continuing the crusading efforts of his predecessor, Calixtus III, than reviving the arts he enjoyed in his youth. He sought to unite Europe against the threat of Turkish invasion. His ambitions, life experiences and observations survive in a number of writings from throughout his lifetime. He was crowned Poet Laureate by Frederick, though critical appreciation of his poetry has diminished over time. He wrote about the events of his day, including works on general history and geography. Since scandal survives above all else, one of his best remembered works is his youthful romance De Duobus Amantibus, the Tale of Two Lovers, which went through many editions and was, in its time, a best seller in its own right. Late in his life he unsuccessfully tried to suppress the distribution of this popular work. The Epistolae Familiares was printed by Johann Koelhoff the Edler in Cologne just a couple of decades after the first printed book came off the presses of Johann Gutenberg. Koelhoff was a contemporary of William Caxton, who printed the first book in English. Caxton learned the craft of printing in Cologne but left for England soon after the heralded arrival of Koelhoff, the financially well-backed newcomer, in 1472. Other prominent printers moved out of Cologne around this time; though it is tempting to suggest that the new competition drove them away, the numbers are suggestive but not conclusive. Koelhoff trained in Venice, which was an important center for commercial book production through the century. Printed in blackletter. Initials, underlining, paragraph marks and initial strokes in red. First initial letter elaborated in blue and red with a decorative vegetal design scrolling down the entire margin. One other letter in blue. Index tab affixed to one page. The date of publication in the colophon is erroneously printed as 1458 and has been corrected in pen. Three plates affixed to the front pastedown: a library plate, a bookplate of Georgius Kloss, Frankfurt im Maine and an inscription stating, "372 [the '2' scratched out and 374 written above] years old: only 23 years later than the Mazarin Bible celebrated as the First Printed Volume." A handwritten note in the margin of one page, a few pa [Bookseller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB]
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Duns Scotus, Johannes
Quaestiones in Quattor Libros Sententiarum. Part 2. [Bound With] Quodlibeta
Johannes de Colonia & Johann Manthen, 1478, 7 January & 1477, 7. Thomas Penketh, ed. Folio. 2 works in 1volume. a10, b-e8, f-g6, h-l8.10, m-mm10, n-p8, q10, r8, s6. Complete with blank. a10, b-e8, f6, ff6, g-k8, l-m10. [lacking b5, text leaf--with blank inserted incorrectly before b4 & m10 blank. ] 19th century vellum-backed paper-boards, fore-edge rubbed; title in old hand; contemporary ownership inscription of “ Brother Antonius d'Asralo OM” on blank before first t.p. and on last leaf of second work, also ownership inscription of Franciscan library at foot of first text leaf; some contemp. marginalia; a very fine crisp copy with ample margins. First initial letter in contemp. manuscript and decorated in red ink, a few leaves rubricated. Duns Scotus, John (c.1265&endash; 1308), Franciscan friar and theologian. tThe great commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard contains most of Scotus' important contributions to Medieval scholastic philosophy. These volumes are based on his Oxford Lectures and are sometimes referred to as the Opus Oxoniense. Each of the volumes stands alone. “ It was part of the duty of a regent master to conduct quodlibetal disputations, so called because ‘ they could be about any topib whatever (de quodlibet) and could be initiated by any member of the audience (a quodlibet). Scotus's quodlibetal Questiones were disputed in either Advent 1306 or Lent 1307. Scotus then revised the questions, completing the revision up through the last question, q12. ” [Cambridge Companion To Duns Scotus] “ Though less extensive in scope (than the commentary on the Sentences), Scotus' Quaestiones Quodlibetales are almost as important; they express his most mature thinking as regent master at Paris. ” [Ency. of Philosophy] Penketh, Thomas (d. 1487), Augustinian friar and theologian, describes himself in his theological notebook as of the Warrington convent in Lancashire, and evidently studied theology at Oxford before (probably immediately before) 1466; on the basis of his Oxford... [Bookseller: Alibris]
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Lactantius, Lucius Caecilius Firmianus (ca. 245-ca. 323).
[Opera].
Venezia, Johannes de Colonia e Johannes Manthen, 27 agosto 1478. "In-folio (mm 298x196). Segnatura:a12, b-m10, n8, o-r10, s-x8, y10, z8, 3-48; 228 carte non numerate di cui la prima bianca. Caratteri 109R2 e 110G. Alla carta b1 splendida iniziale miniata ‘M’ con corpo a foglia d’oro, decorata da motivi floreali in rosa, blu, verde, giallo e contenente un ritratto dell’autore coronato d’alloro entro medaglione circolare; al margine inferiore, racchiuse in serto d’alloro, armi non identificate composte da una croce in oro su tre promontori in campo verde con decorazioni floreali ai lati; nel testo dieci belle iniziali con corpo della lettera in oro, miniate in verde, blu, rosa con decorazioni floreali a pennello in bianco sul fondo; gli altri capilettera in blu o in rosso, segni di paragrafo in rosso. Legatura cinquecentesca in pergamena rigida, dorso a tre grandi nervi con titolo e antica segnatura scritti a mano. Esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione, alcune carte con barbe; qualche foro di tarlo alle prime e alle ultime carte. Antica segnatura manoscritta biffata alla prima carta; ex-libris di George Abrams e della Biblioteca Philosophico Ermetica al contropiatto anteriore. Rara edizione veneziana dell’opera del grande apologista cristiano che è una ristampa di quella impressa, sempre a Venezia, da Vindelino da Spira nel 1472. Alcuni esemplari dell’edizione di Vindelino contenevano un quaderno aggiuntivo – mancante nella maggior parte dei casi – recante l’Epitome divinarum institutionum di Lattanzio. Anche Johannes de Colonia e Johannes Manthen stamparono questo quaderno separatamente, dal momento che esso non viene segnalato nel registro, e che si trova, nel nostro esemplare, legato tra la carta 7 e la carta 8 del fascicolo ‘z’. Come tutte le impressioni antiche l’Epitome reca solo i capitoli dal 56 in poi dal momento che la parte iniziale dell’opera (capitoli 1-55) non verrà scoperta e pubblicata fino al 1712. Il poema di Lattanzio Phoenix è seguito da estratti riguardanti la fenice tratti dalle Metamorfosi di Ovidio, dal De resurrectione di Venanzio Fortunato e dall’Inferno di Dante (xxiv, vv. 106-111, qui alla c. 218r). HC* 9814; BMC v, 233; Goff L, 9; IGI 5625. A beautiful well-preserved copy of a rare Venetian Lactantius edition. Decorated by an opening historiated miniature showing the author with a book in his hand. From the George Abrams collection." [Bookseller: Philobiblon S.r.l.]
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[Bible, in Latin]
BIBLIA LATINA
Nuremberg Anton Koberger 1478 Koberger's 3rd Latin Bible, 51 lines and headline, double column, canon marginalia in the Gospels. A profusion of 3- to 13-line rubricated initials in red, blue and magenta, many with lovely flourishes, red and blue paragraph marks and additional rubrication throughout. Royal folio (412 x 287mm); 16-1/8 x11-1/8, most probably a Koberger binding of contemporary German stamped calf over thick wood boards, the boards center-paneled and decorated in blind in a pattern resembling a foliate tool within lattice compartments and with a border of alternating rosettes and a separate foliate tool, embossed brass catches (3 of 4 remaining) with remains of straps and with endpapers from a printed edition of Persius. Some expert restoration in a few places. 468 leaves, complete. A very handsome and important copy with great likelihood coming from Koberger's workshop. THE THIRD EDITION OF THE KOBERGER LATIN BIBLE, issued three years after his first great folio Bible. Anton Koberger was for a number of years the leading publisher of his time. The total list of his printings for the forty years from 1473 to 1513, when he died, comprises no less than two-hundred and thirty-six separate works, including fifteen impressions of the Biblia Latina, eight of which presented material differences of notes and commentaries which entitled them to be considered as distinct editions. In the actual number of separate works issued, Koberger was possibly equaled by one or more of his contemporaries, but in respect to literary importance and costliness, and in the beauty and excellence of the typography, the Koberger publications were not equaled by any books of the time excepting the issues of Aldus in Venice (Putnam II, p. 150). This third printing of Koberger's Latin Bible is essentially a reprint of his editions of 1477 and 1475, largely based on the Fust and Schoeffer edition of 1462. The tractate of Menardus is included which is a summary of the books of the Bible with a guide on how to best study them. It was first printed not after 1474. A beautiful example of the magnificent productions during the first generation of printed Bibles, the state of preservation and the impressive German binding making it all the more so. [Bookseller: Buddenbrooks, Inc.]
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Duns Scotus, Johannes. Thomas Penketh, ed.
Quaestiones in quattor libros Sententiarum.Part 2. [bound with]Quodlibeta.
Johannes de Colonia & Johann Manthen, Venice: 1478, 7 January & 1477, 7 October. Folio. 2 works in 1volume. a10,b-e8, f-g6, h-l8.10,m-mm10,n-p8,q10,r8,s6. Complete with blank.a10, b-e8, f6, ff6, g-k8, l-m10. [lacking b5, text leaf -- with blank inserted incorrectly before b4 & m10 blank.] 19th century vellum-backed paper-boards,fore-edge rubbed; title in old hand; contemporary ownership inscription of ÒBrother Antonius dÕAsralo OMÓ on blank before first t.p. and on last leaf of second work, also ownership inscription of Franciscan library at foot of first text leaf; some contemp. marginalia; a very fine crisp copy with ample margins. First initial letter in contemp. manuscript and decorated in red ink, a few leaves rubricated. Duns Scotus, John (c.1265Ð1308), Franciscan friar and theologian.tThe great commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard contains most of ScotusÕ important contributions to Medieval scholastic philosophy. These volumes are based on his Oxford Lectures and are sometimes referred to as the Opus Oxoniense. Each of the volumes stands alone.ÒIt was part of the duty of a regent master to conduct quodlibetal disputations, so called because Ôthey could be about any topib whatever (de quodlibet) and could be initiated by any member of the audience (a quodlibet). ScotusÕs quodlibetal Questiones were disputed in either Advent 1306 or Lent 1307. Scotus then revised the questions, completing the revision up through the last question, q12.Ó [Cambridge Companion To Duns Scotus]ÒThough less extensive in scope (than the commentary on the Sentences), ScotusÕ Quaestiones Quodlibetales are almost as important; they express his most mature thinking as regent master at Paris.Ó [Ency. of Philosophy]Penketh, Thomas (d. 1487), Augustinian friar and theologian, describes himself in his theological notebook as of the Warrington convent in Lancashire, and evidently studied theology at Oxford before (probably immediately before) 1466; on the basis of his Oxford study he was granted leave to incept at Cambridge in the academic year 1466Ð7, and took the degree of DTh on 31 May 1468. He must have already had some repute within his order, since he was confirmed as prior provincial of England on 22 October 1469; but he evidently returned to Oxford, where he was permitted by his order to study and teach, until in 1474 he vacated the provincialship to study at Padua. He was appointed lector in metaphysics in the university there, almost certainly being the Master Thomas Anglicus confirmed in that post on 22 September 1475, and very probably holding it already in 1474, when he published in Venice his edition of the quodlibetal questions of John Duns Scotus. By 1477, when he brought out an edition of Scotus's commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, he was holding the post of lector in theology, which he still held in 1479 according to his confrre, Brother Iacopo Filippo da Bergamo. He was re-elected prior provincial in 1480 (confirmed 15 March 1481) and again on 1 April 1485, presumably until death. At Easter 1484 he preached a sermon in praise of Richard III, which, according to Sir Thomas More, was afterwards excoriated, but which brought him an annual pension of £10 from the king. He died in London on 20 May 1487.Penketh's principal achievement was to be the first to publish scholarly but usable printed editions of the chief works of Duns Scotus and the Scotist theologian Antonius Andreae. His editorial work was crowded into the five or six years he spent at Padua, where he could be in touch with experienced printers; but it originated in the Scotist teaching of the Oxford and Cambridge theological faculties, as a surviving notebook in his hand shows (Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MS 126). It contains questions on universals by Brother William Russell, probably the Augustinian friar who incepted at Oxford in 1430, some unattributed questions on God and creatures, possibly Penketh's own, and a text of the commentary of Antonius Andreae on Aristotle's Metaphysics which he edited at Padua. All these texts are ex [Bookseller: Krown & Spellman, Booksellers]
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Biblia, niederdeutsch (niedersächsisch unde). (GW 4307, Schramm 8, 439). Blatt aus dem Alten Testament: Paralipomenon (1. Chronik 11)
Köln, Bartholomäus von Unckel; Heinrich Quentell, um 1478. Type 1.. Zweispaltiges Original-Inkunabelblatt auf festem Papier mit 3-zeiliger roter Lombarde, rotverzierten Versalbuchstaben und einer roten Rubrik. Holzschnitt - Fehldruck (19,2 x 11,7cm), Blatt im Rand wenig fingerfleckig. Blattgröße: 26,2 x 37,8 cm. Incunabula text woodcut leaf.. Der Holzschnitt ist im Bereich des Davidkopfes, Säbels und der Helebarde, auf Grund überschüssiger Leimung des Blattes bei seiner Herstellung, nur schwach abgedruckt. Im Bereich des Krummsäbels wurde das Wort "eleazari" von alter Hand handschriftlichen ergänzt. Der Holzschnitt wurde für die Textstelle "Nach ihm kam Eleasar, der Sohn Dodos, der Achochiter. Auch er gehörte zu den drei Helden. Er war bei David in Pas-Dammim, wo die Philister sich zum Kampfe gesammelt hatten. Dort war ein Stück Feld voll Gerste. Als das Volk vor den Philistern floh, stellten sie sich mitten auf das Stück, hielten es ihnen und schlugen die Philister. So bereitete Jahwe einen großen Sieg" (1 Chronik 11, 12-14) geschnitten. Die zwei gleichzeitig entstandenen Kölner Bibeln bilden den Beginn des niederdeutschen Bibeldrucks. Die Bibeln wurden für Johann Helmann und Arnold Salmoster in Köln und Anton Koberger in Nürnberg gedruckt. Die Tatsache, daß ein so aufwendiges Unternehmen in zwei sprachlich unterschiedlichen Fassungen gedruckt wurde, zeigt, daß die Herausgeber auf den gesamten niederdeutschen Sprachraum als Absatzgebiet zielten. Während die niedersächsische Fassung mit dem Bindewort "unde" für den niederdeutschen Raum östlich von Münster hergestellt wurde, zielte die niederrheinische Version mit dem Bindewort "ende" auf das westliche Westfalen sowie den niederrheinischen Raum. (Becker; Overgaauw: Aderlass und Seelentrost 2003, 203) Die Kölner Bibel in der niedersächsischen Fassung, mit dem Bindewort "unde", ist wesentlich seltener, als jene mit dem Bindewort "ende". Anton Koberger aus Nürnberg erwarb das Recht auf die Holzschnitte und druckte dann fünf Jahre später, 1483 "seine" 9. deutsche Bibel mit 109 Holzschnitten aus der Kölner Bibel. Der Holzschnitt liegt somit hier in seinem Erstdruck vor! Er ist in Köln entstanden und geht auf eine illustrierte Bibelhandschrift zurück, nach der, ein wohl in Frankreich geschulter Formschneider, ihn gefertigt hat (Rudollf Kautz, 1896). Unter den illustrierten Bibeln der Frühzeit bilden die Kölner Bibeln den ersten glanzvollen Höhepunkt. Der Holzschnitt dieser frühen und seltenen Bibelausgabe hat eine überragende Bedeutung für die weitere Entwicklung der bildlichen Gestaltung von Bibeln bis weit in die Reformationszeit hinein. (Eichenberger; Wendland, Deutsche Bibeln vor Luther, 1977, 66ff.). Heinrich Quentell stammte aus Strassburg und Unckel aus dem Dorf Unkel bei Bonn. Ein detailliertes Bild des Holzschnittes wird gerne auf Wunsch per email zugesandt. [Bookseller: Versandantiquariat Christine Laist]
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Jacobus de Voragine
Legenda Aurea Sanctorum
Nurnberg, Koberger 1478. 42 cm. (2), 274 Blatt, 2 Spalten 50-zeilig. Mit gro!er Initiale auf Goldgrund, das Jungste Gericht darstellend, und floraler Randbordure auf Folio 1r, durchgehend rubriziert mit Kapitel-Initialen in Rot und Blau. Zeitgenossischer (Weihenstephaner?) Klostereinband aus rotlichem Hirschleder mit reicher Verzierung und Papiertitelschild. Rucken restauriert. In den Innendeckeln je ein Manuskriptblatt. Auf Registerblatt 1r Eintragung "Iste Liber attinet Weyhensteven - Copinger, Rep. Bibl. 6414 - Proctor 1978 - Goff J-90 - Hase, Koberger S. 90 - IDL 2557; Madsen 2173. Impressum am Ende: 11. August 1478. Die ersten Blatt am breiten Rand etwas fingerfleckig und zwei kleine Randeinrisse. Die Einbandverzierung besteht aus zwei verschiedenen gepragten Borduren. Das Mittelfeld ist in rautenformige Felder aufgeteilt, Schlie!en und Beschlage entfernt. Auf beiden Deckeln durch Abschabung kleinere Fehlstellen. - Sprache / Language: Lateinisch / Latin - [Bookseller: Wenner Antiquariat]
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Jacobus de Voragine:
Legenda aurea. (GWM 11313, C 6389) Folio 229.
(Ulm, Johann Zainer um 1478). (Type 4). Einspaltiges, 40-zeiliges Original-Inkunabelblatt (19,3 x 27,1 cm) mit rotgestrichenen Versalbuchstaben und Rubriken, vier roten Holzschnittinitalen und zwei Nummerierungen der Zeit. Blatt im Rand etwas fleckig.. Johann Zainer druckte von diesem Werk Voragines um 1478 drei Ausgaben. Dieses Blatt läßt sich anhand der lateinischen Blattnummerierung nach Amelung wohl der ersten Ausgabe zuordnen. Das Blatt selbst wurde auf dem Papier der 1477 gegründeten Uracher Papiermühle gedruckt (Amelung 1979, 106 f.). Der italienische Prediger und Schriftsteller Jacobus de Voragine (Viraggio), aus dem heutigen Varazze bei Genua, lebte von 1230 - 1298. Der Dominikaner Jacobus de Voragine fügte aus der Bibel, den Apokryphen, verschiedene Akten sowie überlieferte Geschichten, die Lebensgeschichten der Heiligen zur Legenda Aurea hinzu. Diese lateinische Ausgabe wurde zum populärsten religiösen Volksbuch des Mittelalters. [Bookseller: Versandantiquariat Christine Laist]
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ASTESANUS de Asti ( 1260-1330 c. )
Summa de casibus conscientiae ( libri V-VIII ).De significatione verborum.
In 2° ( 295x200 mm ).Carte 333 non numerate ( di 334:manca l'ultima carta bianca ).Testo a due colonne,54 linee . Interamente ed elegantemente rubricato nell'area dell'Italia del nord in rosso e blu alternativamente, spesso con estensioni calligrafiche, q Venezia,Giovanni da Colonia e Giovanni Manthem di Gherretzem, 18 Marzo 1478. Prima edizione incunabula stampata in Italia.E' la seconda parte soltanto,gli ultimi quattro libri di otto,editi da Bartolomeo Bellati da Feltre e Frate Gometio spagnolo di Lisbona ( così recita il testo ),e prima edizione del De significatione Verborum che si trova [Bookseller: Studio Bibliografico Pampaloni]
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BONAMICO LAZZARO, BASSANESE (1478 - 1552) .
CARMINUM LIBER. VENETIIS APUD IOANN. BAPTIST. SOMASCHUM 1572 - MDLXXII
Lazari Bonamici Bassanensis. Dopo aver compiuto i primi studi nella sua citta' natale, passo' all'Universita' di Padova, dove fu allievo di Pietro Pomponazzi. Nel 1510 fu precettore a Mantova di Francesco Cantelmo e di Galeazzo Gonzaga. Andato a Roma nel 1521, in conseguenza del Sacco della citta', nel 1527 passo' a Venezia e, nel 1530, fu nominato lettore di greco e latino nell'Universita' di Padova, sostenendo la superiorita' del latino sul volgare e dello stile classico di Cicerone e di Virgilio. Fu seguace della filosofia del Pomponazzi e membro, come lAretino, il Ruzante, Sperone Speroni, Benedetto Varchi e Luigi Alamanni, dell'Accademia degli Infiammati che, fondata nel 1540 da Leone Orsini, ebbe breve vita e fu ispirata alle teorie materialistiche del filosofo mantovano. Esemplare totalmente coevo, grande insegna tipografica al fronte. Foro di tarlo che in alcune pagine lede marginalmente il testo. Pergamena coeva, pp. 58 carte, in 8 [Bookseller: Libreria IL BULINO s.n.c.]
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CAESAR, Caius Julius.
Commentarii.
[Edited by Petrus Justinus Philelphus. With Raymondus Marlianus, Index locorum in commentariis Caesaris de bello Gallico descriptorum.] Milan, Philippus de Lavagnia, 8 April 1478 Folio (326 × 234 mm). 151 leaves (of 152), medial blank fol. 132 (sig. r6) present as a stub only, as often. Collates: a–p8 q6 r6 A8 B8 C4. 42 lines to a page. Nineteenth-century vellum over thin pasteboards, bookplate of William Horatio Crawford on front pastedown endpaper. Large penwork initials and capital strokes in red throughout, contemporary ownership inscription on last leaf verso. Quaritch pencilled collation mark on rear inside cover, dated 10 Jan 1968. Some minor marginal finger-soiling in margins, an excellent copy, unwashed, the paper fresh and strong. A handsome early incunable edition of the Commentaries of Caesar, the fifth overall, with contemporary rubrication. The text comprises the seven books of the Gallic War with the continuation by Caesar’s friend Aulus Hirtius, together with the six books on the Civil Wars attributed to various authors. Added in this edition is the geographical index by the Milanese scholar Raymondo Marliano which had first appeared the previous year in the first edition printed at Milan, by Antonio Zaroto. The editio princeps was printed by Sweynheym and Pannartz at Rome in 1469.The inscription in Latin written on the last leaf verso in a fine lettre bâtarde reads in translation, “This book was bought by Lord Henry Keddekij[?] the twenty-seventh abbot of the church of the Blessed Mary for [?] All Saints Chapel in the year 1480 AD. This book belongs to the church of the Blessed Mary in [?] All Saints Chapel of the Cistercian Order in the Diocese of Tournai in Flanders”. This contemporary provenance places this copy close to the University of Louvain, where the compiler of the geographical index Marliano taught classics from 1461 to 1475, one of an unbroken sequence of notable Italian lecturers there.From the library of William Horatio Crawford (1815–1888), the notable Irish collector of books, works of art and rare plants. Crawford, a reserved and dignified man of “ascetic temperament”, inherited from his father Lakelands, an old house overlooking Cork Harbour “richly stored with rare books, paintings and engravings” and with a fine arboretum. He funded the building of the magnificent 1884 extension to the Cork customs house which now houses the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, and part-funded the astronomical observatory at University College Cork which also bears his name. De Ricci (p. 165) refers to his “great library of manuscripts, incunabula and other rare volumes”. His estate sale, sold by Sotheby’s over 12 days beginning in March 1891, realised £21,255. Hain 4216; Proctor 5861; GW 5867; BMC VI 706 (IB 26152); Goff C-20. [Bookseller: Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books]
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Jacobus de Voragine:
Legenda aurea. (GW M11244, C 6414).
Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 11. August 1478. Type 3, 4. . Zweispaltiges Original-Inkunabelblatt (25,7 x 35,9 cm) mit rubrizierten Majuskeln und Rubrikzeichen. 6 Bleistiftzeichen am Rand. Rechte obere Ecke mit Knickspur. Incunabula text leaf. . Der italienische Prediger und Schriftsteller Jacobus de Voragine (Viraggio) aus dem heutigen Varazze bei Genua lebte von 1230 - 1298. Der Dominikaner Jacobus de Voragine fügte aus der Bibel, den Apokryphen, verschiedenen Akten sowie überlieferten Geschichten, die Lebensgeschichten der Heiligen zur Legenda Aurea. Das Werk in volkstümlicher lateinischer Sprache geschrieben, wurde zum populärsten religiösen Volksbuch des Mittelalter. Die deutschen Übersetzungen der Legenda Aurea wurden das Leben der Heiligen oder Der Heiligen Leben genannt. Zahlreiche Anzeichen deuten heute darauf hin, dass zwischen 1384 und 1421 im Umkreis des Dominikanerordens in Nürnberg eine neue Kompilationen der Heiligenlegenden entstand, die unter Einbeziehung der Legenda aurea, stärker auf den deutschsprachigen Glaubensraum bezogen waren. So wurden in diesem Legendar Bonifazius, Gallus, Kilian oder Magnus von Füssen aufgenommen. Dieser deutsche Legendar übertraf in seiner Verbreitung die Leganda Aurea. (Becker; Overgaauw: Aderlass + Seelentrost 2003, 219) Gut erhaltenes Blatt! "Kobergers Werkstätte entwickelte sich rasch zu einer bedeutenden Leistungsfähigkeit. Es ist für die ältesten Druckereien charakteristisch, dass sie gewöhnlich nicht mehrere Textschriften gleichzeitig verwenden, sondern erst dann zu einer neuen Schrift übergehen, wenn sie aus irgend einem Grunde die ältere verwerfen. So auch bei Koberger. Bis zum 14. Februar 1477 sind alle seine Drucke mit Type 2 gesetzt, seit aber am 17. März 1477 seine Type 3 in Erscheinung tritt, ist die ältere Schrift völlig ausgeschaltet." (Haebler 1927, S. 48f). [Bookseller: Versandantiquariat Christine Laist]
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[SACRO BOSCO, Joannes de and Gerardi Cremonensis [i.e. Sa...
Iohannis de sacrobusto anglici uiri clarissimi spera mundi feliciterincipit.
per Franciscu[m] Renner de Hailbrun [Venetius 1478.] Small 4to, 20.5 cm., collating a-b8, c-d6; e-f10, this copy with 45 (of 48) leaves - lacking e2, and e9-10); 25 lines; types 5:109bR (text), 6:65G (diagram text); incipits to each part pprinted in red; 6 (of 11) woodcut diagrams (2 with hand-coloring), woodcut initials (mostly hand-colored), full contemporary and probably original limp vellum, old manuscript titling on spine, and with a wallet-style wrap-around flap, the vellum worn and soiled. Beginning at ff. [29]: Gerardi cremonensis uiri clarissimi Theorica planetaru[m] feliciter incipit. The Theorica planetarum is usually considered to be by the Cremona astrologer Gherardo da Sabbioneta, although some authorities ascribe it to the Gerardus Cremonensis who died 1187. See DSB, Supplement, p. 189 for a summary of the evidence. Both works were first printed in 1472. In spite of the missing leaves, this is a most interesting copy, having been annotated by the rubricator and colorist, with 11 lines of notes by him on the verso of the blank leaf preceding a1, and notes in the margins of 25 of the pages of the Sphaera mundi, and another 3 more lines of notes on the blank leaf following f10; also with a dated ownership inscription of Caroli Malagesse Benigni, 1636, with his note "Impressum 1478" in ink on the first flyleaf, and with a calligraphic notation on verso of the second rear flyleaf: "Fur cave ne nostrum rapiat tua dextera librum, Ni dare vis lignis colla tenenda tribus: ("Thief, watch that your hand doesn't snatch our book away, Unless you wish your neck to be restrained by three wooden sticks" [i.e., the yoke]. Goff J-402; Hain-Copinger; 14108; Proctor, 4175; BM 15th Century, V, p. 195. [Bookseller: Rulon-Miller Books*]
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INCUNABULA - [GRUYTRODE, JACOBUS DE].
Speculum aureum anime peccatricis. Colophon: speculum aureum anime peccatricis, a quodam cartusiense editum: finit feliciter. Impressumque Parisius per magistrum Vdalricum cognomento Gering.
Paris, Ulrich Gering [1478 or 79]. a-c10, d12: 42 ff. 4to, 207X143 mm. Rubricated in red throughout. First leaf slightly dusty, a few faint underlinings, but a clean, crisp and unwashed, internally near perfect copy with many uncut edges, preserving the ms catchwords at end of quires b and c. Bound in brown cloth from the second half of the 19th century. * Early (possibly second) edition of a feisty and charming devotional which quickly achieved tremendous popularity, appearing in about 40 known editions in the 15th century, including translations into French, German and English (by Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII). It is divided into seven chapters, one for each day of the week. Ulrich Gering was one of the triumvirate of German printers, called to Paris by its university in 1470, who became the first printers in France. Gering worked alone, as here, only around 1478 and 1479. A beautiful example of Gering's antiqua printing (the Roman type was apparently chosen at the insistence of the Paris university).* References: ISTC 00639000; Goff S639; H 14904; Pell 4309. Very rare: ISTC records only eight copies: four outside France and one only in the US (Chicago, Newberry). [Bookseller: Vangsgaards Antikvariat]
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EYB, Albrecht Von
Margarita poetica (part I)
Paris Ulrich Gering 1478 . 29 November 1478. Royal 4to (11 x 7 inches; 281 x 181 mm). Collation: a-r8 s6 (-s6). [141] leaves (of 142, without final blank.) 36-38 lines. Roman type 5:100. Initial spaces with guide letters. Opening initial in red and blue with handsome floral illumination on a gilt ground by a French hand, other initials and paragraph marks supplied in red and blue throughout. Late 19th-century blind-tooled morocco, edges stained dark brown from an earlier binding; morocco-backed folding case. Condition : Occasional wormholes at beginning and end. Provenance : Anthonius Grouche, priest of St.-Loup, Amiens, with his contemporary ownership inscription huius libri verus est possessor dominus Anthonius grouche , motto semper presumit seva perturbata conscientia written in gothic script, and paraphs at end; given to his brother Petrus Grouche: contemporary inscription Dominus anthonius Grouche sacerdos ecclesie divi lupi de ambianis dedit hunc librum dilecto sibi fratri fratri petri grouche orate pro eo ; Celestines of Amiens, 17th-century ownership inscription ; Paravicini Library, sale, Sotheby's London, 22 June 1818, lot 156, to: Richard Heber, with Heber's inscription: "June 1818, sale of imported books by Sotheby" on front free endpaper (sale, 24 Jan. 1835, lot 1667); Bertram, 4th Earl of Ashburnham, with his shelfmark "12.F" (sale, Sotheby's London, 3 July 1897, lot 1539); George Dunn of Woolley Hall, inscriptions and bookplate (sale, Sotheby's London, 22 November 1917, lot 3111); C.S. Ascherson, bookplate; Albert Ehrman, Broxbourne Library, bookplates; W.R.H. Jeudwine, bookplate; George Abrams, bookplate. Rare edition of an early work of German Humanism. Albrecht Eyb, doctor of law, holder of many benefices in Germany and chamberlain to Pius II, compiled this anthology of humanistic rhetoric, whose title honors his mother Margarete von Wolmershausen, as a manual of humanist rhetorical theory. The text contains selected passages from classical and Italian Renaissance authors and poets - Cicero. Virgil, Ovid, Petrarch, et al., formulas for letter-writing, and general instruction in eloquence. The book remained popular for many years. This is the third Paris edition, following two editions, also of part I only, from the shop "Au Soufflet Vert". In early 1478, Ulrich Gering's association with the other Paris prototypographers Martin Crantz and Michael Friburger came to an end; in April 1478 he began printing under his name alone, using two new roman types for editions of classical, humanist, and theological texts. ISTC records only 11 surviving copies, of which at least one is imperfect, and of which only one in America (AnnMary Brown Memorial Library). This is a fine, fresh copy. Goff E-172; HC 6821; GW 9540. BMC VIII, 22; Pell 4705. UNIQUE PIECE!!!!!!!!! PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST . VERY GOOD / TRES BON [Bookseller: Louis Caron]
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Innocentius (Papa IV):
Apparatus decretalium herausgegeben von Hartmann von Eppingen (GW M12156, Hain 9191).
Straßburg, Heinrich Eggestein, 1478. Type 5.. Zweispaltiges, 60-zeiliges Original-Inkunabelblatt Blattgröße: 27,8 x 37 cm. Gut erhaltenes Exemplar mit breitem Rand! Incunabula text leaf.. "Wenn Eggesteins Typen 3 und 4 einen Übergang vorstellen von dem Schrifttypus, der in der Mainzer Schule des Peter Schöffer obwaltete, zu den Buchstabenformen, die sich Johann Mentelin in Strassburg ganz unabhängig davon offenbar nach handschriftlichen Vorlagen geschaffen hatte, so zeigt seine Type 5 zwar einerseits eine konsequente Weiterentwicklung in derselben Richtung, gibt uns aber anderseits ein schwer zu lösendes Rätsel auf." (Haebler 1927, S.60). Ein Bild des Inkunabelblattes wird gerne auf Wunsch per email zugeschickt! [Bookseller: Versandantiquariat Christine Laist]
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CASTIGLIONE BALDASSARRE (1478 - 1529).
IL CORTEGIANO DEL CONTE BALDASAR CASTIGLIONE. STAMPATA IN VENETIA (PER ALUISE DE TORTIS, 1544) 1544 - MDXXXXIIII
Novamente stampato et con somma diligentia revisto con la sua tavola di nuovo aggionta. Lopera si divide in due distinte parti: la prima fornisce un ricco catalogo con dettagliata descrizione dei giochi di societa' come forma dintrattenimento nel quale affiorano nellindice dei giochi proibiti con figure di frati e monache un certo dispregio dei religiosi, la seconda, piu' varia, tenta di fornire sul modello del cortigiano lidea del perfetto accademico. Rara edizione con due distinti frontespizi, il primo calcografico, riccamente illustrato con figure allegoriche, al quale seguono le tavole "de tutte le materie" (6 carte piu' due bianche, non numerate); segue il secondo frontespizio che precede una lettera dedicatoria al vescovo Michel de Silva (5 carte non numerate). L'opera si compone di CXCV carte. Esemplare perfetto, legatura in pergamena coeva con antico restauro alla copertina anteriore ben eseguito, antico timbro di appartenenza al retro del primo frontespizio. Assoluta mancanza di fori di tarlo o muffe, freschissimo. Pergamena coeva, titoli calligrafati al dorso, pp. (1),6c, (2), 5c, CXCV, (1), in 8 [Bookseller: Libreria IL BULINO s.n.c.]
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[Bible, in Latin]
BIBLIA LATINA
Nuremberg Anton Koberger 1478 Koberger's 3rd Latin Bible, 51 lines and headline, double column, canon marginalia in the Gospels. A profusion of 3- to 13-line rubricated initials in red, blue and magenta, many with lovely flourishes, red and blue paragraph marks and additional rubrication throughout. Royal folio (412 x 287mm); 16-1/8 x11-1/8, most probably a Koberger binding of contemporary German stamped calf over thick wood boards, the boards center-paneled and decorated in blind in a pattern resembling a foliate tool within lattice compartments and with a border of alternating rosettes and a separate foliate tool, embossed brass catches (3 of 4 remaining) with remains of straps and with endpapers from a printed edition of Persius. Some expert restoration in a few places. 468 leaves, complete. A very handsome and important copy with great likelihood coming from Koberger's workshop. THE THIRD EDITION OF THE KOBERGER LATIN BIBLE, issued three years after his first great folio Bible. Anton Koberger was for a number of years the leading publisher of his time. The total list of his printings for the forty years from 1473 to 1513, when he died, comprises no less than two-hundred and thirty-six separate works, including fifteen impressions of the Biblia Latina, eight of which presented material differences of notes and commentaries which entitled them to be considered as distinct editions. In the actual number of separate works issued, Koberger was possibly equaled by one or more of his contemporaries, but in respect to literary importance and costliness, and in the beauty and excellence of the typography, the Koberger publications were not equaled by any books of the time excepting the issues of Aldus in Venice (Putnam II, p. 150). This third printing of Koberger's Latin Bible is essentially a reprint of his editions of 1477 and 1475, largely based on the Fust and Schoeffer edition of 1462. The tractate of Menardus is included which is a summary of the books of the Bible with a guide on how to best study them. It was first printed not after 1474. A beautiful example of the magnificent productions during the first generation of printed Bibles, the state of preservation and the impressive German binding making it all the more so. [Bookseller: Buddenbrooks, Inc.]
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Francesco die Giorgio Martini: "Das geheime Skizze:
Das geheime Skizzenbuch Francesco Martini. Siena/Urbino, 1478/89. Erstausgabe Stuttgart 1990. Vollständiges Belser-Faksimile der Handschrift Urb.lat. 1757 der Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Citta die Vaticano. 400 S. im original Sedez-Format (8 x 5,9 cm), ein Libretto da mano, mit über 1.200 Konstruktionszeichnungen und technischen Skizzen.
Begleitband von Michelini Tocci, Rom. Einband:, . Leinenkassette. Numerierte und auf 2.980 Exemplare limitierte Auflage. Kalbsleder mit 2 Messingschließen und patiniertem Farbschnitt in, ORIGINALVERPACKT. . dt.Kommentarband. [Bookseller: Versandantiquariat Karl Heinz Schmitz]
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Mela, Pomponius
Cosmographi de situ orbis.
Franciscus Renner de Heilbronn,, Venice 1478 One of the most sought after of the early editions of this geographic treatise of Pomponius Mela, the first-century earliest Roman geographer, which agrees in most of its views with the great Greek writers from Eratosthenes to Strabo. He writes that the world can be divided east and west into hemispheres, Asia on the east and Erope and Africa on the west. 48 leaves complete. The only defect being that first leave was damaged and the margins have been renewed. The actual leave is slightly damaged with a loss of a few letters of the text. Else a perfect copy with wide margins. Second leave slightly browned. 18th century French full calf front cover detached [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Konstantinopel ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS]
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[Sacro Bosco, Joannes De And Gerardi Cremonensis [I.E. Sablonetani]. ]
Iohannis De Sacrobusto Anglici Uiri Clarissimi Spera Mundi Feliciter Incipit
[Venetius: per Franciscu[m] Renner de Hailbrun, 1478. ]. Small 4to, 20.5 cm., collating a-b8, c-d6; e-f10, this copy with 45 (of 48) leaves-lacking e2, and e9-10); 25 lines; types 5: 109bR (text), 6: 65G (diagram text); incipits to each part pprinted in red; 6 (of 11) woodcut diagrams (2 with hand-coloring), wo [Bookseller: Alibris]
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CAESAR, Caius Julius
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