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 →
Exitus acta probat. OVID Heroides, II, 85. "the outcome justifies the means." This week I have been working on a fifteenth-century manuscript which satisfies most of the qualities of a Pious Fraud . "Pious fraud is used to describe fraud in religion. A... Continue Reading →
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Exitus acta probat. OVID Heroides, II, 85. "the outcome justifies the means." This week I have been working on a fifteenth-century manuscript which satisfies most of the qualities of a Pious Fraud . "Pious fraud is used to describe fraud in religion. A... Continue Reading →
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