First Latin edition of Basil the Great’s De legendis antiquorum libris, translated by Leonardo Bruni and printed by Johann Zainer in Ulm, 1478. A foundational text of Christian humanism, exceptionally rare.
This inventory list of incunabula brings together a deliberately wide-ranging yet deeply selective group of incunabula, each chosen not merely for age but for what it reveals about the intellectual, devotional, and pedagogical life of the fifteenth century.
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633J. Book of Hours, Use of Rome most likely produced in England mid fifteenth century. Duodecimo, 10.5 x 8.5 cm. . 196 parchment leaves of parchment, including tipped-in illuminations on the verso that are coordinated with facing richly foliated leaves on... Continue Reading →
These three incunabula all have notes deep in the gutters suggesting that most likely they were annotated while still in quires and feasibly disbound. 753J Dunns Scotus, (c.1265-1308) Quaestiones in quattuor libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi. Ed: Thomas Penketh and Bartholomaeus Bellatus.... Continue Reading →
553Ji. Gérard de Vliederhoven & 553Jii Guido de Monte Rochen. 553Ji. Gérard de Vliederhoven Cordiale quattuor novissimorum. (Memorare nouissima tua.) Köln, Konrad Winters, de Homborch, about 1482. Price $8,000 Quarto 22 x15 ½ cm. signatures : a–f⁸g-h⁶ i⁸ [68 leaves] Two works bound in one. I) Heavily browned, some old annotations.... Continue Reading →
Not in MünchenDownload ‡ https://jamesgray2.me/2025/02/03/eusebius-la-vita-el-transito-1487/ Eusebius: (La vita el transito) 1487 Two North American copies. 658J. Eusebius -(275-339) (La vita el transito) Eusebius Cremonensis: Epistola de morte Hieronymi; Aurelius Augustinus, S: Epistola de magnificentiis Hieronymi; Cyrillus: De Miraculis Hieronymi). [Venice, Hannibal Foxius, 1 June 1487]. $7,000 Octavo 16.7x12cm. Signatures: a–i8. 72 leaves, 36 lines, Roman letter, rubricated with capital letters in red ink. Several annotations in ink and marginal notes, first leaf mounted, 5 leaves, small wormholes touching the letters on the front edge of 4 leaves, 2... Continue Reading →
Two North American copies. 658J. Eusebius -(275-339) (La vita el transito) Eusebius Cremonensis: Epistola de morte Hieronymi; Aurelius Augustinus, S: Epistola de magnificentiis Hieronymi; Cyrillus: De Miraculis Hieronymi). [Venice, Hannibal Foxius, 1 June 1487]. $7,000 Octavo 16.7x12cm. Signatures: a–i8. 72 leaves, 36 lines, Roman letter, rubricated with capital letters in red ink. Several annotations in ink and marginal notes, first leaf mounted, 5 leaves, small wormholes touching the letters on the front edge of 4 leaves, 2 intermediate margins reinforced with old paper strips, small worming marks on 4 leaves. – Bound in twentieth century quarter Morocco, with a spine label “Transito di San Gerolamo, Venetia, 1487” This collection... Continue Reading →
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