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AMBROSIUS (Saint, c. 339-397). Expositio in Evangelium S. Lucae. Augsburg: Anton Sorg, 1476.
Chancery 2° (275 x 195mm). Gothic type, large Maiblumen capitals 1a, small outline capitals, scattered rubrication consisting of red highlights to woodcut initials, capital strokes, paragraph signs, and underlines, blind bearer type visible at foot of a few leaves. (Intermittent dampstains to blank margins, small holes to two leaves with losses to two or three lines of text, 1/3.8 reinforced at inner margin, a few smudges and stains.) Modern morocco by Wood of London, reusing original bevelled boards, preserving two early flyleaves at front. Provenance: contemporary manuscript title -- Munich, Royal Library (duplicate note on flyleaf and shelfmarks) -- Richard G.S. King: bookplate and manuscript notes -- Estelle Doheny (bookplate; given to her by Cardinal McIntyre, 3 May 1954; sale Christie's New York, 22 October 1987, lot 43) -- sale Swann Galleries, 1 April 1993, lot 111 -- Ned. J. Nakles (sale Christie's, New York, 2000, lot 48).
FIRST AND ONLY INCUNABLE EDITION of the commentary on Luke by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan. H *900; BSB-Ink. A-474; CIBN A-293; BMC II, 344; GW 1602; Goff A-554.
Chancery 2° (275 x 195mm). Gothic type, large Maiblumen capitals 1a, small outline capitals, scattered rubrication consisting of red highlights to woodcut initials, capital strokes, paragraph signs, and underlines, blind bearer type visible at foot of a few leaves. (Intermittent dampstains to blank margins, small holes to two leaves with losses to two or three lines of text, 1/3.8 reinforced at inner margin, a few smudges and stains.) Modern morocco by Wood of London, reusing original bevelled boards, preserving two early flyleaves at front. Provenance: contemporary manuscript title -- Munich, Royal Library (duplicate note on flyleaf and shelfmarks) -- Richard G.S. King: bookplate and manuscript notes -- Estelle Doheny (bookplate; given to her by Cardinal McIntyre, 3 May 1954; sale Christie's New York, 22 October 1987, lot 43) -- sale Swann Galleries, 1 April 1993, lot 111 -- Ned. J. Nakles (sale Christie's, New York, 2000, lot 48).
FIRST AND ONLY INCUNABLE EDITION of the commentary on Luke by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan. H *900; BSB-Ink. A-474; CIBN A-293; BMC II, 344; GW 1602; Goff A-554.
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