Live auction - Lot 946
[Lyon imprint]
Parthenice Mariana (...) cum Andree Uaure(n)tini singulorum libroru(m) descriptionibus: & nuperrime adiuntis marginalibus adnotamentis: cum dictionario alphabetico (...) Joannis Thierry Lingonensis (...).
Lyon, A. du Ry, 21 March 1525
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
4to: cxvi (= 116)-[4] ff. (age-toned, some marg. soiling or dampstaining, worming in top margin of last ff. of some quires with loss of a few words or letters).
Old vellum covered with marbled paper (rubbed at edges), flat spine (def. at head and tail), cloth marker. Good copy.
Lyon ed. of a very popular Neolatin poem in praise of the Holy Virgin by the prolific Carmelite Battista Spagnoli (1447-1516), often read in Latin schools. Title printed in red & black within woodcut border. Gothic type. Ref. SvGültlingen (Du Ry) 30. - Coccia (Mantovano) 356. - Ind. Aurel. 112.715. - Pettegree FB 86795. - Not in Adams, BnF, BL, Oberlé. Prov. Old ownership entry "Vincentii Sergii" on title and P4v.