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BIBLIA LATINA (cum glossa ordinaria Walafridi Strabonis aliorumque et interlineari Anselmi Laudunensis et cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra expositionibusque Guillelmi Britonis in omnes prologos S. Hieronymi). Edited by Bernardinus Gadolus, Eusebius Hispanus, and Secundus Contarenus. Venice: Paganinus de Paganinis, 18 April 1495.
Parts I and II only, Genesis to Esther, (of 4), bound in one volume, royal 2° (363 x 248mm). Collation: a8 b6 c-z8 & \\j \\g8 aa-dd8 ee-ff6 (title, prologues, Genesis to Deuteronomy); gg-rr8 ss-vv6 xx-zz8 \\i\\i \\j\\j \\g\\g8 aaa-kkk8 (Joshua-Esther). 483 leaves (of 1512, lacking m7 and all after kkk8). Incipits on c1 printed in red. 83 lines of commentary and headline, double column. Type: 5:79G, 10:92G, 10*:130G, 11:270G, 13:68G, 14;102G, 15:54G. Three illuminated initials: 15-line initial opening Nicholas of Lyra's prologue in blue modelled with white on burnished gold ground with punched decoration and fictive frame alternating green and red, initial opening St. Jerome's prologue in green with white modelling on gold ground within blue-grey frame, initial opening Genesis in blue-grey with white modelling on punched gold ground, other 3- to 12-line initials and paragraph marks alternating in red and blue, printed guide-letters in final quires. (Lower margin of a1 replaced, a8 partly detached.) Woodcut printer's device of St. Peter on title, 32 (of 54) woodcuts. AN ERFURT BINDING BY STEIFER HIRSCH: contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, panelled sides with pierced-heart, dog, fleur-de-lis and rosette stamps, metal corner and central bosses, 8 corner-pieces, 2 rods on front cover, 2 fore-edge clasps (splits at hinges, rubbed, somewhat stained and darkened without central boss on rear cover). Provenance: title with MS date 1629 -- Wilhelm von Hamme, of Brussels (engraved armorial bookplate dated 1659) -- Detlef Mauss (pencilled annotations, acquired at Hartung, 1985).
A handsomely decorated Bible. The fine woodcuts are copied from the Scotus edition of 8 August 1489, which was the first illustrated Latin Bible printed in Italy. For the identification of the binding, see D. Mauss in Einband Forschung, Heft 2, April 1998, pp.23-24. HC *3174; GW 4283; BMC V, 458 (IC. 23278); IGI 1691; Essling 137; Sander 994; Goff B-608.
Parts I and II only, Genesis to Esther, (of 4), bound in one volume, royal 2° (363 x 248mm). Collation: a8 b6 c-z8 & \\j \\g8 aa-dd8 ee-ff6 (title, prologues, Genesis to Deuteronomy); gg-rr8 ss-vv6 xx-zz8 \\i\\i \\j\\j \\g\\g8 aaa-kkk8 (Joshua-Esther). 483 leaves (of 1512, lacking m7 and all after kkk8). Incipits on c1 printed in red. 83 lines of commentary and headline, double column. Type: 5:79G, 10:92G, 10*:130G, 11:270G, 13:68G, 14;102G, 15:54G. Three illuminated initials: 15-line initial opening Nicholas of Lyra's prologue in blue modelled with white on burnished gold ground with punched decoration and fictive frame alternating green and red, initial opening St. Jerome's prologue in green with white modelling on gold ground within blue-grey frame, initial opening Genesis in blue-grey with white modelling on punched gold ground, other 3- to 12-line initials and paragraph marks alternating in red and blue, printed guide-letters in final quires. (Lower margin of a1 replaced, a8 partly detached.) Woodcut printer's device of St. Peter on title, 32 (of 54) woodcuts. AN ERFURT BINDING BY STEIFER HIRSCH: contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, panelled sides with pierced-heart, dog, fleur-de-lis and rosette stamps, metal corner and central bosses, 8 corner-pieces, 2 rods on front cover, 2 fore-edge clasps (splits at hinges, rubbed, somewhat stained and darkened without central boss on rear cover). Provenance: title with MS date 1629 -- Wilhelm von Hamme, of Brussels (engraved armorial bookplate dated 1659) -- Detlef Mauss (pencilled annotations, acquired at Hartung, 1985).
A handsomely decorated Bible. The fine woodcuts are copied from the Scotus edition of 8 August 1489, which was the first illustrated Latin Bible printed in Italy. For the identification of the binding, see D. Mauss in Einband Forschung, Heft 2, April 1998, pp.23-24. HC *3174; GW 4283; BMC V, 458 (IC. 23278); IGI 1691; Essling 137; Sander 994; Goff B-608.
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