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BUSTI, Bernardino de (ca 1450-1513). Rosarium sermonum. With additions by Illuminatus Novariensis and Samuel de Cassinis. Venice: Georgius Arrivabenus, 31st May 1498 (Vol. I), 16th August 1498 (Vol. II).
Two volumes, chancery 4o (190 x 144 mm). Collation: Vol. I: π8 3-48 56 a-z \\i \\j \\g aa-ff6 gg4. 290 leaves. Vol. II: +8 ++10; A-Z AA-ZZ AAA-EEE8. 425 leaves (of 426; without final blank). 50 lines and head-line, double column. Roman type 21:84 (title of Vol. I), Gothic types 23:160 (title of Vol. II), 11:110 (text), 17:58 (small text type). Two woodcut initials "S" at beginning of text in each volume. Initial spaces with printed guide-letters. Lombard initials supplied in red in Vol. I, a few capital strokes in yellow at end of vol. I. (Small marginal repair on OO2 in vol. II, occasional pale mostly marginal dampstaining, some marginal worming.) 16th-century Italian vellum (vol. II worn). Provenance: early inscription dated 1532 on title of vol. I -- "C.G." (stamp on title in vol. I) -- Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplates; purchased from Dawson's Bookshop, Los Angeles, 1 August 1941) -- donated to SMS 1941.
FIRST EDITION. Bernardino de Busti was a Franciscan born near Milan to a family of prominent jurists. BMC V, 387 (IA.22572); BSB-Ink. B-1018; GW 5807; H *4163; Harvard/Walsh 2141; Pr 4935; Goff B-1336. (2)
Two volumes, chancery 4o (190 x 144 mm). Collation: Vol. I: π8 3-48 56 a-z \\i \\j \\g aa-ff6 gg4. 290 leaves. Vol. II: +8 ++10; A-Z AA-ZZ AAA-EEE8. 425 leaves (of 426; without final blank). 50 lines and head-line, double column. Roman type 21:84 (title of Vol. I), Gothic types 23:160 (title of Vol. II), 11:110 (text), 17:58 (small text type). Two woodcut initials "S" at beginning of text in each volume. Initial spaces with printed guide-letters. Lombard initials supplied in red in Vol. I, a few capital strokes in yellow at end of vol. I. (Small marginal repair on OO2 in vol. II, occasional pale mostly marginal dampstaining, some marginal worming.) 16th-century Italian vellum (vol. II worn). Provenance: early inscription dated 1532 on title of vol. I -- "C.G." (stamp on title in vol. I) -- Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplates; purchased from Dawson's Bookshop, Los Angeles, 1 August 1941) -- donated to SMS 1941.
FIRST EDITION. Bernardino de Busti was a Franciscan born near Milan to a family of prominent jurists. BMC V, 387 (IA.22572); BSB-Ink. B-1018; GW 5807; H *4163; Harvard/Walsh 2141; Pr 4935; Goff B-1336. (2)