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SIXTUS IV (1414-84, Pope). De sanguine Christi et De potentia Dei. Edited by J.P. de Lignamine. Nuremberg: Friedrich Creussner, 1474.
Chancery 2° (284 x 204mm). Gothic type, initials in red or blue, rubricated, two pinholes visible in outer corner of each leaf. (Without blank 11/1, a few small marginal holes, occasional slight soiling.) Modern blindstamped dark brown calf. Provenance: contemporary marginalia (cropped) -- Melk, Benedictines (library stamp on final verso).
Second edition, second issue, with colophon dated 1474. This theological work by Sixtus IV (Francesco della Rovere) was dedicated to Pope Paul II shortly before his death. It was first published at Rome by its editor and printer Joannes de Lignamine on the eve of the author's elevation to the papacy. H *14798; BMC II, 446, CIBN S-296; Goff S-581.
Chancery 2° (284 x 204mm). Gothic type, initials in red or blue, rubricated, two pinholes visible in outer corner of each leaf. (Without blank 11/1, a few small marginal holes, occasional slight soiling.) Modern blindstamped dark brown calf. Provenance: contemporary marginalia (cropped) -- Melk, Benedictines (library stamp on final verso).
Second edition, second issue, with colophon dated 1474. This theological work by Sixtus IV (Francesco della Rovere) was dedicated to Pope Paul II shortly before his death. It was first published at Rome by its editor and printer Joannes de Lignamine on the eve of the author's elevation to the papacy. H *14798; BMC II, 446, CIBN S-296; Goff S-581.
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