Deventer: Richardus Pafraet, 1477. Third Printing listed in Goff (there was also a 1477 edition in Cologne, listed fourth) n. Embellished with many especially appealing maiblumen initials, this is an extremely attractive copy of the first dated book (and the only known candidate for the first book, dated or not) to be printed at the first press in Deventer. Berchorius (Pierre Bersuire or Berchoire, ca. 1290-1362) was a renowned preacher who intended this work to be an aid to other ministers in composing sermons. First printed in Ulm in 1474 and in Strassburg the same year, the book analyzes scripture and interprets its symbolism, drawing forth the morals it is intended to teach. In addition to voluminous works on homiletics, Berchorius gained renown for translating Petrarch's edition of Livy's Roman history into French, and for reframing the works of Ovid as moralizing literature for a Christian audience. Richardus Pafraet was both the first and most productive early printer in Deventer, issuing considerably more than 100 incunables--most of them substantial tomes like the present one--and working until 1511. Understanding scholarship as well as the process of printing, Pafraet reorganized for the present edition the voluminous index of the "Liber Bibliae Moralis" that appeared in the earlier Strassburg printing. Deventer in Pafraet's time was a major trading locale as well as a center for learning, the latter fact resulting partly from the tradition established there in the 14th century by the Dutch scholar and religious reformer Geert Groote (1340-84). In 1371 Groote had … [Click Below for Full Description]

Omnia e graeco in latinum translata a Petro Candido. Venetiis, per B. Pictorem and E. Ratdolt, cum P. Loslein, 1477. 2 parti in un vol. in-4 gr.(mm 291x220), ff. n.n. 131 su 132 mancando il primo f. bianco; 211 su 212 mancando il primo bianco. Attraente legatura d'amatore del XIX sec. in marocchino blu con riquadro a filetti oro sui piatti, dorso a nervi con tit. e fregi oro, tagli dor., dentelle int. I primi fogli di ambedue le parti sono incorniciati dalla prima bordura ornamentale su fondo nero ad apparire in un testo a stampa (cfr. A.M. Hind, An Introduction to a History of Woodcut, New York, 1963, II, p. 458 e sgg.). Con 14 grandi iniziali xilografiche ornate, sempre su fondo nero; testo in nitidissimo car. tondo. Editio princeps della Historia Romana dello storico alessandrino Appiano nella traduzione latina dell'umanista pavese Pier Candido Decembrio. Il ''De bellis civilibus'' era già apparso nel 1472 preso i torchi di Vindelino da Spira; questa è la prima edizione collettiva delle due parti che tuttavia si trovano raramente riunite, come invece nel presente caso. L'opera di Appiano, storico greco vissuto a Roma nel II sec. d.C., ebbe il merito di mutare l'usuale struttura annalistica della storiografia romana, dividendola sistematicamente per argomenti. La Storia Romana, conclusa intorno al 160 d.C., presenta un resoconto basato sulle storie locali dei vari popoli e paesi che componevano l'impero, a partire dalla loro sottomissione e incorporazione nell'impero stesso. Dei ventiquattro libri di cui era composta, ne sono rimasti integri solamente dieci (dal VI all'VI … [Click Below for Full Description]

f. 30 r Explicit opus praeclarum domini Bonaventurae...Impressionique Venetiis deditum impressis Iohannis de Colonia socijque eius Iohanis Manthen de Gherretzem. Anno domini MCCCCLXXVII (Venezia, Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, prima del 14. in-4, ff. 30 n.n., (a8, b8, c6, d8), legatura moderna in pergamena floscia di riutilizzo, capitelli passanti (si intravvedono antichi segni di rigatura ai piatti). Testo su due colonne in carattere gotico, lettere guida in inchiostro rosso o blu. Si tratta della sola seconda parte, venduta con ogni probabilità anche separatamente, della raccolta di testi di S. Bonaventura pubblicati nel 1477 da Giovanni da Colonia e Manthen. La ''Biblia Pauperum'', che la critica recente avvicina a Nicolaus de Hanapsis (m. 1291), è in realtà una versione accorciata del ''Virtutum vitiorumque exempla'', noto anche come ''Exempla sacrae Scripturae''. Si tratta di una raccolta di sentenze tratte dalle Sacre Scritture disposte in ordine alfabetico (ex. De morte malorum; De mulierum audacia; De pusillanimtate...). Esemplare con alcune tracce d'umido ai margini esterni (soprattutto verso la fine). Al verso dell'ultimo f. nota di possesso di mano del XV secolo ''Iste liber pertinet ad Locum Crapani (?)''.. BMC XII 16. IGI 1882. GW 4654..

1477. An Important Incunable Dealing With Usury and Legal Aspects of the Seven Deadly Sins Antoninus, St., Archbishop of Florence [1389-1459]. [Summa Theologica, Pars Secunda]. [Venice: Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, 1477 ]. [366] ff. Main text printed in double columns. Collation: a-y10, aa-cc10, dd12, ee10, ff12, gg-ll10, mm8, nn10, oo8, pp6. Folio (11-1/2" x 7-3/4"). Later vellum, raised bands and hand-lettered title to spine, endpapers added. A few worm holes and faint staons to boards, corners bumped and somewhat worn, joints cracked at ends, chipping to foot of spine, hinges cracked. Text commences with handsome blue-and-red 13-line initial with fine penwork, Lombard initials throughout in red and blue, 53-line gothic type. Very light toning, somewhat heavier in a few places. Small later embossed owner stamp to front endleaf, early owner signature (of a monastery library) to foot of first text leaf, later page numbers added to upp corners at fore-edge in tiny hand. A nice copy with a notably fresh interior. * Second edition. Complete in itself, this second part (of four) of St. Antoninus's monumental Summa Theologica, first published in 1474, was issued separately with its own colophon and title page. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, this is "probably the first-certainly the most comprehensive-treatment from a practical point of view of Christian ethics, asceticism and sociology in the Middle Ages." The Secunda Pars is directly relevant to students of canon law because it offers a detailed legalistic treatment of the seven deadly sins in their variou … [Click Below for Full Description]

BMC VII, 1136, V, pp. xvi-xvii, and VI, p. xv; GK 2892; Goff A-1248; Hain-Copinger 2071 & 2072; ISTC ia01248000; Proctor 6145. Beautiful copy with wide margins of the first edition of the first Italian translation of the most famous work of St. Augustine (354-430), his Latin De civitate Dei, the City of God, also known as De civitate Dei contra paganos (The City of God against the pagans). Written in the early 5th century, it deals with issues concerning God, martyrdom, Jews, and various Christian philosophies. Augustine wrote the treatise to explain Christianity's relationship with competing religions and philosophies, as well as with the Roman government with which it was increasingly intertwined. He wrote soon after the Visigoths sacked Rome in 410. This event left Romans in a deep state of shock, and many saw it as punishment for abandoning their Roman religion. It was in this atmosphere that Augustine set out to provide a consolation for Christians, writing that, even if the earthly rule of the empire was imperilled, it was the City of God that would ultimately triumph. This magnificent incunable is the "only well authenticated early edition" (BMC) of the Italian translation.With some small, mostly marginal wormholes in the first few and last few quires (some restored), occasionally affecting a letter in the text, but otherwise in very good condition, with wide margins and complete with the 2 integral blank leaves, at the beginning and end, often lacking. Rebacked with the original backstrip laid down, leather on the back board scratched. A wide-margined copy of the fi … [Click Below for Full Description]

Venice: Nicolas Jenson, 1477. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Full contemporary tooled pigskin over wooden boards, spine neatly replaced, front board dried and treated to prevent further deterioration, rear intact and blindtooled with floral decoration and ruling. Early or original clasps intact as are the ten brass bosses, with the original original chain hook on the rear board and eight links of original chain with the chain ring at the end for attaching to a lectern or shelf. Front pastedown is a ca. 14th century vellum manuscript leaf from the vulgate Gospel of John (19) and the rear from Matthew (2). Part one (of two) of book three of the Summa of Florentinus, but printed the earliest of the four books (1479, 1480, 1477, 1480) with the tabula that is sometimes lacking. A few leaves reinforced in the gutter, browning and light staining to most leaves at the edges and margins, a very few with browning and staining to the text, scattered short marginal notes in an early hand, generally clean and crisp. Rubricated throughout in red and blue and with frequent initial letters. Two large finely illuminated ten line initials with flowers trailing into the margins. 349 leaves, with one blank at the rear (of four), otherwise complete. Goff A872, ISTC ia00872000.A very attractive copy with two very fine initials by one of the finest Venetian printers, in a restored but original chained binding - a very rare survival and still powerfully evocative of the moment when the middle ages became the Renaissance. Size: Folio. One volume of the 4-volume se … [Click Below for Full Description]

Venice: Windelin of Speyer, 1477. Paperback. Very Good. Half of the quire signed y4 and y5 (+3 leaves). Beginning in Canto XXXI and ending in Canto XXXIII. Double column, paragraph marks in red and blue. Set in a miniature gothic type and in the upper margin 'Purgatorio'. First edition of the Comedy to be accompanied by commentary. Text in Italian. (Size: 320 x 225mm).

Augsburg: Anton Sorg, 1477. Hardcover (rebound in leather). Good Condition. In modern blue morocco with blanks added at the end to fill out the binding. Complete unto itself, but lacking the De consideratione by Bernardus Claravallensis that usually precedes it. Age toning to pages, chipping and darkening at edges, moderate soiling and light staining in spots, marginal notes in an attractive contemporary hand (or two hands, one later), a few leaves trimmed in the margin; still attractive overall. 7 leaves, rubricated. ISTC: ib00368000.Printed ca. 1475-1477, not long after Sorg left the Monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra to found his own press. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Incunabula. Inventory No: 045659.

Westminster: William Caxton, [late 1476?-early , 1477]. Single folio leaf printed on both sides (291 × 185mm). 29 lines, batarde type, trimmed and inlaid to larger sheet of laid paper, framed with glass either side. Repair to corner of recto with no loss of text, faint damp-staining and minor closed tear to larger sheet, both sides toned as usual. About very good. A leaf from The Knight's Tale (lines 618, "The nyght was short and faste by the day", to 675, "Now up, now doun as boket in a welle") from the first edition of The Canterbury Tales, the first substantial work printed on Caxton's press, which was established near Westminster Abbey in 1476 and the first press to operate in England. The word "Tale" is written in a contemporary style to to head of recto and "[The] Knyghtes" to head of verso; close inspection reveals the inscription "vere 620" next to the indicated line on the original printed sheet (now covered by the mount), with the figure six written in a 17th century style, which suggests that the other inscriptions also date from this period, when the original leaf would have been mounted and bound, probably into something approaching complete copy.

Officina Serpentis. -- Faksimiledruck nach der von G. Zainer um 1477/78 gedruckten Augsburger Ausgabe. [Potsdam 1922].. 4°. Handgebundener grüner Maroquinband mit Fileten und Vorderdeckelvignette in Blindprägung und kleinem goldenen Punkt in der Vignette (Motiv: Huhn findet Korn). In Halbleinenkassette mit Buntpapierbezug und handschriftlichem Rückentitel auf Rückenschild. Unpaginierte 166 Blätter auf unbeschnittenem Bütten mit über 200 Holzschnitten, zzgl. (9 Blätter) Nachwort von Ernst Voullieme von 1921. Spiegel etwas unregelmäßig beschnitten. Rauher Schnitt angestaubt. Sehr schönes Exemplar.. Handpressendruck der Officina Serpentis. -- Eins von 170 Exemplaren auf Handbütten der Hahnemühle (Gesamtaufl. 200). -- Holzschnitt-Titel von H. Th. Hoyer. -- Nach Auskunft des Vorbesitzers gebunden von Paul Butz. -- Rodenberg 119, 2. -- Backe-Köppen 77. #Vitri6

Impressum est hoc opus Venetiis per Bernardum pictorem et Erhardum Ratdolt... una cum Petro Loslein... 1477 Historia Romana. De bellis civilibus.Omnia e graeco in latinum translata a Petro Candido. (Collophon:). Appianus, Alexandrinus. Impressum est hoc opus Venetiis per Bernardum pictorem et Erhardum Ratdolt... una cum Petro Loslein...1477. In - 4°, un volume in due parti, piena pelle rossa secentesca, dorso a cinque nervi. I: (131) ff. (manca il primo bianco). II: (211) ff. (manca il primo bianco). Parte prima (Historia romana): 132 ff. n.n. (manca il primo bianco). Parte seconda (De bellis civilibus): 212 ff. n.n. (manca il primo bianco). La parte prima è posposta alla seconda. Carattere romano, tipo 564, 32 linee. Artistiche bordure incise in legno all' inizio di entrambe le parti (la seconda stampata in rosso) e grandi iniziali n.t. Edizione originale della traduzione latina, di grande rarità. L'Appianus est un des exemples les plus typiques de l'influence de la tradition de l'enluminure sur les livres imprimés, mais il est aussi la tentative la mieux réussie pour remplacer la miniature par l'ornamentation typographique". Bellissimo esemplare. Hain, 1307 (II, I). Pellechet, 915. Polain, 284. B.M.C., V, 244. G.V., 2290. I.G.I., 763. Essling, 221. Sander, 482.

[Hermannus Liechtenstein] for Michael Manzolus, 2 April, Treviso 1477 - 311 x 210 mm. (12 1/4 x 8 1/4"). 345 unnumbered leaves, including the final blank (A9 cancelled, as called for). Single column, 44 lines in a refined roman typeface.Edited by Hieronymus Bononius. Third Edition. Contemporary blind-stamped (Flemish?) calf over thick wooden boards, both covers with a saltire design, the central panel made up of lozenges formed by five parallel rules, the lozenge compartments containing diamond and triangular stamps, the four corners each with a distinctive stamp of a frowning, chinless man (not located in Kyriss or Schunke), original brass catches, remains of clasps, later (19th century?) paper spine label, small portions of the joints once repaired, using tiny amount of glue. With very large and striking opening 15-line initial in blue and pink with much white modelling and tracery, capitals struck with yellow in part of the text, painted red initials throughout, the majority two-line, but several six and even eight-line capitals as well. Front free endpaper with three-line 15th century inscription of the monastery at Saint-Trond (or Sint-Truiden, a Belgian city about midway between Brussels and Liege), the same leaf with later monogram ("GV"?), and with faint (19th century?) ownership stamp of Georges E. A. Vanduzen(?), the last blurred by moisture as the result of the removal of a pasted-over bookplate. Goff T-396; BMC VI, 887 and 891. Leather slightly marked and crackled, tip of lower corner of front board broken off, joints cracked and with general wear, but the bindi … [Click Below for Full Description]

Houzeau-Lancaster 2385; STC German 793; Thorndike V, pp. 357-358; VD 16, S 3469; not in Adams. Rare first edition of a treatise on the making and use of astronomical globes, by the German astronomer Johanus Schonerus or Schöner (1477-1547). "The geographical opuscule, in addition to a description of the earth's surface which takes into account the voyages of discovery and new maps, includes a disputation attributed to Regiomontanus" (Thorndike). At least some of the types were cut by Peter Schoeffer the younger, son of Gutenberg's assistant.With occasional early manuscript notes, including some corrections, and a full page of notes on the back of the last printed page. Washed and with a few tears expertly restored, but still in very good condition, with a light stain in the middle of 2 leaves, some of the old manuscript faded, but most well preserved, including the full page at the end. The sheepskin free endleaves curl outward, but the binding is in fine condition and the folder and slipcase show only minor wear. A fascinating early work on astronomical globes, bound by one of Spain's best modern fine binders.

. Kupferstich, nach Tizian (Tiziano Vecellio, 1477-1576), auf Bütten. 25,3:30,9 cm. Literatur: Brulliot I, 2893; Nagler, Monogrammisten IV, 1994; Hollstein 8. Ausgezeichneter Druck mit etwas Plattenton. Um die Plattenkante ca. 3 cm Papierrand. Mittelfalte und Knickfalte links unten geglättet, kleines Rißchen im Unterrand und winzige Fehlstelle links oben restauriert. Insgesamt von sehr guter Gesamterhaltung.. Das Gemälde von Tizian, nachdem dieser Kupferstich entstand, ist um 1554 entstanden und befindet sich im Hofmuseum in Wien. - Sehr selten!

1477.. In der Platte mit dem Namenszug "wolfgangus aurifaber", datiert und bezeichnet "Ludwicus abbas anno domini 1477" (spiegelbildl.). Ausgezeichneter Druck mit feinen Wischspuren und mit feinem Rändchen um die Darstellung. Oben und unten mit dem Schriftrand. 30,5 x 20,5 cm.. Bartsch X, S. 16, 13. Weixlgärtner, Wiener Jahrbuch XXIX, Abb. S. 347. Passavant I, S. 264. - Die Platte wurde zur Weihung des Klosters St. Maria und Michael in Churwalden 1477 hergestellt. Die ursprünglich nicht zum Druck bestimmte Platte wurde im 18. Jahrhundert an der Sakristeiwand einer Kirche in Graubünden gefunden. Der Augsburger Kunsthändlers und Verleger ließ die Vergoldung entfernen und einige Abzüge anfertigen. Die dunklen Abdrücke der Löcher oben und unten sind ein Hinweis darauf, dass die Platte ursprünglich, möglicherweise an der Tür eines Tabernakels, befestigt war. Die Platte wird heute im Berliner Kupferstichkabinett verwahrt. - Mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, die Ränder etwas unregelmäßig geschnitten, sonst sehr gut erhalten.

Vicent Garcia / Bibliotheca-Rara.,. Limitierte Auflage: 1.380 Exemplare. 144 S. (72 Folios). Format 22 x 16 cm. 2 ganzseitige Miniaturen, 127 Seiten mit Miniaturen von Pflanzen, Tieren und mythologischen Wesen. Einband: herzförmig in rotem Samt mit Lederschatulle und Präsentationsvitrine in Acryl. Vicent Garcia. Kommentarband: Prof. Dr. David Fallows (Univ. Manchester), deutsche Übersetzung: Dr. Susan Weinert + DVD. Ist das Buch geschlossen, hat es die Form eines Herzens. Wird es geöffnet, nimmt es die Gestalt eines Schmetterlings an, gebildet aus den Herzen zweier sich Liebenden, die in ihren Liedern Liebesbekundungen austauschen. Wie leicht vorstellbar, ist die herzförmige Kontur der Handschrift bereits eine Rarität. Einzigartig jedoch sind die bei ihrer Öffnung sichtbare Darstellung zweier verbundener Herzen und das reichhaltige Dekor. Die Lieder in französischer und italienischer Sprache, geschrieben für verschiedene Stimmen, sind das Werk einiger der besten mittelalterlichen Tondichter und Musiker. Guillaume Dufay und Johannes Ockeghem, die führenden Komponisten in der ersten Hälfte des 15. Jahrhunderts, zählen dazu. Bl

No place, Wednesday 17 Rabi' I 882 AH [1477 AD].. Large 4to (176 x 262 mm). Arabic ms. on oriental paper. 325 ff., expertly written naskh script, possibly in more than one hand, black ink with rubrics, usually 6-8 lines to the page, considerable interlinear and marginal glossing. Full-leather Islamic binding with fore-edge flap; original blind tooled ornamentation (medallion).. Manual on Islamic Law by Abu al-Barakat 'Abdallah b. Ahmad b. Mahmud al-Nasafi (d. 710/1310), an important Hanafi legist and theologian, born in Nasaf in Sogdian, He taught in the Madrasa al-Kutbiya al-Sultaniya in Kirman, came to Baghdad in 710 and died in Rabi' I 710 (August 1310), apparently on his return journey to Idjadj (in Khuzistan), where he was buried. The Kanz al-Daqa'iq is an important text on Hanafite law and formed the basis for a great number of commentaries, especially in the 9th/14th and 10th/15th centuries (EI² VII, p. 96; Brockelmann, GAL II, pp. 250-53). Contains both the 'Ibadat and the Mu'amalat. - Final 12 leaves (f. 313ff.) show edge damage with some loss of text. Copied by Khidr b. Shaykh 'Ali (colophon in a chancery hand on f. 325v). - Cf. Brockelmann, GAL Suppl. II, 265.

. . Hoboken II, 159 - Kat. Hoboken IX, 1477 u. 1478 - Eitner V, 67 - Hirsch IV, 808.- Erste Ausgabe in Typendruck.- Komponiert zwischen 1798 u. 1800 für Kaiserin Marie Therese.- Braunfleckig, Titel gestempelt, Ebd. etw. berieben, Rücken mit kl. Bezugsfehlstellen u. tls. aufgerissen.

. . Borri, L' Italia Nell' Antica Cartografia 1477-1799, S. 151 ff., Carta 211 mit Abb. S. 153 oben Tooley's Dic. of Mapm., S. 401 (Mathias Albrecht Lotter, 1741-1810) u. S. 401 (Tobias Conrad Lotter, 1717-1777). - Zeigt Gesamt-Italien mit Korsika u. Sardinien. -. - Dekorative Karte. - Im rechten oberen Außenrand Braunfleck, kleine Knicke im Unterrand. - We accept all main credit cards. - Wir akzeptieren Kreditkarten. - *** 82 Jahre Antiquariat Arno Adler (1932-2014) ***

1477. In der Platte mit dem Namenszug "wolfgangus aurifaber", datiert und bezeichnet "Ludwicus abbas anno domini 1477" (spiegelbildl.). Ausgezeichneter Druck mit feinen Wischspuren und mit feinem Rändchen um die Darstellung. Oben und unten mit dem Schriftrand. 30,5 x 20,5 cm. Bartsch X, S. 16, 13. Weixlgärtner, Wiener Jahrbuch XXIX, Abb. S. 347. Passavant I, S. 264. - Die Platte wurde zur Weihung des Klosters St. Maria und Michael in Churwalden 1477 hergestellt. Die ursprünglich nicht zum Druck bestimmte Platte wurde im 18. Jahrhundert an der Sakristeiwand einer Kirche in Graubünden gefunden. Der Augsburger Kunsthändlers und Verleger ließ die Vergoldung entfernen und einige Abzüge anfertigen. Die dunklen Abdrücke der Löcher oben und unten sind ein Hinweis darauf, dass die Platte ursprünglich, möglicherweise an der Tür eines Tabernakels, befestigt war. Die Platte wird heute im Berliner Kupferstichkabinett verwahrt. - Mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, die Ränder etwas unregelmäßig geschnitten, sonst sehr gut erhalten. Ludwig von Churwalden, 15. Jahrhundert, St. Maria und Michael, Churwalden, Graubünden, Mittelalter, Votivplatte, Maria mit dem Kind, Aurifaber, Wolfgang

Nuremberg Anton Koberger 30 July, 1477. Very Early Printing of the Bible and only the second Latin Bible printed by Koberger, 51 lines and headline, double column, canon marginalia in the Gospels. With manuscript headlines in red, a beautiful opening initial of 10 lines with elaborate flourishes that flow from the very top to very bottom of the page in red, blue and green, numerous 6 line initials in red and blue, some with much longer extensions or flourishes, a profusion of 3 line initials in red or blue, red paragraph marks and additional rubricating throughout primarily in red. Royal folio (375 x 265mm approx), in contemporary German blind-stamped pigskin over thick wood boards, (probably a Nuremberg binding), the boards center-paneled and decorated in blind with a central tool within multiple borders, remnants of brass catches on the fore-edge. Manuscript lettering to the spine with wide tall bands. 468 leaves, complete. An unusually fine copy, especially well preserved and very handsome indeed. An important copy with full contemporary binding intact, and in great likelihood coming directly from Koberger’s workshop. A RARE AND EXTREMELY HANDSOME COPY, ESPECIALLY WELL PRESERVED. THIS BOOK REPRESENTS ONLY THE SECOND TIME THAT KOBERGER PRINTED THE LATIN BIBLE. This printing was issued in the second year after the first printing of 1475. Anton Koberger was for a number of years the leading publisher/printer 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, incl … [Click Below for Full Description]