281
~ Most beautiful illustrated Ferrara incunable ~
1114 [Ferrara]
-
HIERONYMUS (St.)
- Epistole de san hieronimo vulgare. Ferrara, L. de Rubeis, 12
October 1497, folio, mod. half calf over wood with remains of old blindstamped calf pasted on,
spine on 4 raised bands, metal clasps on leather tongues and catches, 270 (of 276) ff. (lacking 6
prelim. ff.; some staining in inner and fore-edge margins, a few ff. repaired or strengthened). Very
good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€
3000/4000
1st
and
only incunable ed.
of the Italian trsl. of Jerome’s letters. It also is the most beautiful
illustrated Ferrara incunable, with
4 full-page and 162 smaller woodcuts
. Printed in roman type in
2 cols of 46-50 ll.
Ref.
ISTC ih00178000. GW 12437. Goff H-178. BMC VI:614. BnF H-109. BSB
München H-257. Sander 3404. Not in Polain, IDL.
1115 [Lyon]
-
Biblia latina
(cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis in omnes
prologos S. Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli Burgensis replicisque Matthiae Doering) [and]
de
Lyra, Nicolaus
- Contra perfidiam Judaeorum. [Pt. 3]. [Lyon], J. Siber, [after 7 May 1485, c. 1488],
folio, cont. half pigskin over wood (tiny wormholes, clasps and catches gone), spine on 5 raised
bands, blue-green edges (colour fading), [282] ff. (incl. blank Y7; f. V7 printed as 2 pp. and pasted
together; minor marg. dampstaining, a few sm. tears and wormholes). Very good copy
rubricated
in red and blue
.
Cfr. ill.
€
2500/3500
Complete Pt. 3 of this 4-vol. annotated Bible ed., containing Isaiah - 2 Maccabees printed in large
gothic type, with the commentary of the Franciscan exegete Nicolaus de Lyra (1270-1349) in
smaller type (52, 72-73 ll.). Ill. with
15 (4 full-page) woodcuts
, i.a. a
view of Jerusalem
, Solomon’s
Palace, genealogical trees of Alexander the Great and of Cleopatra. Old ownership entries on f. 1r.
Mod. bookpl. Robert Bouvier.
Ref.
ISTC ib00615000. GW 4290. Goff B-615. Polain 672. IDL 850.
BSB München B-454. Not in BMC, BnF.
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