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BONAVENTURA (1221-1274, Saint). Legenda maior S. Francisci, in Italian. Milan: Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 1 Dec, 1495.
Super-chancery 4° (210 x 146mm). Roman type, two columms, woodcut of St. Francis receiving the stigmata, within woodcut border, woodcut initials. (Lacking first preliminary quire and final quire, first two quires detached, lower blank margin of 2 replaced, occasional small stains or spotting, some pen-trials.) Early deerskin wrapper, missing two fore-edge ties, modern slipcase (somewhat worn, numerous small incisions). Provenance: 17th-century names partly erased, early prayers.
RARE, only 3 other copies are recorded, none of which is complete. Goff recorded two copies: one at Holy Name College, Washington D.C., and one in the collection of Eric Sexton, and IGI records only the Biblioteca Ambrosiana copy in Milan. The register in the final quire makes clear that the work had quires a-o8 p6, quire p containing the Rule of St. Francis. The woodcut was used in later editions of the same work printed by Scinzenzeler's heirs in 1503 and 1510. H 7329; IGI 4064; Sander 1167; Goff B-892.
Super-chancery 4° (210 x 146mm). Roman type, two columms, woodcut of St. Francis receiving the stigmata, within woodcut border, woodcut initials. (Lacking first preliminary quire and final quire, first two quires detached, lower blank margin of 2 replaced, occasional small stains or spotting, some pen-trials.) Early deerskin wrapper, missing two fore-edge ties, modern slipcase (somewhat worn, numerous small incisions). Provenance: 17th-century names partly erased, early prayers.
RARE, only 3 other copies are recorded, none of which is complete. Goff recorded two copies: one at Holy Name College, Washington D.C., and one in the collection of Eric Sexton, and IGI records only the Biblioteca Ambrosiana copy in Milan. The register in the final quire makes clear that the work had quires a-o8 p6, quire p containing the Rule of St. Francis. The woodcut was used in later editions of the same work printed by Scinzenzeler's heirs in 1503 and 1510. H 7329; IGI 4064; Sander 1167; Goff B-892.
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