Voragine, Jacobus de

Legenda aurea sanctorum

      [Bonetus Locatellus] for Octavianus Scotus, Venice 1488 - 4to (23 x 17 cm), [1 (of 2, lacks first blank)] 156 numbered ff. Gothic type, 2 col., 60 lines. First line, leaf a1: "Reverendissimi fratris Jacobi de Voragine genuensis archiep[iscop]i, ordinis predicatoru[m], s[an]c[t]orum ac festorum per totum annum liber incipit." Table and register on preceding leaf (pi2). First leaf (pi2) expertly repaired at inner and lower margins, similar repair at lower corner of a1. Remaining leaves in excellent condition, with occasional spotting and (contemporary?) marginal notes in light brown ink. Verso of final leaf bears printer's device. Full modern leather binding with elaborate blind-stamp decoration. ISTC no. 00120500, CR 6552 = 6451. [Attributes: Hard Cover]