Jacobus, de Voragine

Lombardica historia que a plerisq[ue] Aurea legenda sa[n]ctorum appellatur

      [Arge[n]tine:: {Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner)},, 1489].. 19th-century quarter German calf with black mottled paper sides. Various waterstaining throughout, with other stray stains; copy missing first two and final two leaves of text, and the leaves at front and back remargined (with some others repaired). Priced according to faults, not pleasures!. Small folio (27 cm). [260 of 264] ff. . Georg Husner, popularly known as "the Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg," produced several editions of the Legenda aurea, the most famous late medieval/early Renaissance compilation of biographies of Christian saints. The first appeared in 1485, and this is apparently the first of a number of page for page reprints. The imprint information is from the colophon on H5r. #11; This is an uncommon edition in the U.S, though heavily held in Europe; Goff and ISTC locate only two copies (in U.S.), this being the deaccessioned copy of one of those two!#11; The text is printed in double-column format in gothic type. In this copy, virtually all of the initials are nicely accomplished in red or blue.