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HIERONYMUS, Saint. Prologue leaf from Commentaria in Bibliam, Venice: Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, 1497-8. Woodcut border 300 x 197 mm. Matted, framed and glazed (unexamined out of frame). Provenance: W.C. Russell Allen.
Considered one of the finest woodcut borders of the 15th century, and used in several works published by Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, including Herodotus, Historiae, 8 March 1494 (Goff H-90, see lot 204). The black-on-white border shows Renaissance ornament and two white-ground insets, the upper of a faun preparing to sacrifice a goat and the lower Hercules at the parting of the ways. Goff H-160.
Considered one of the finest woodcut borders of the 15th century, and used in several works published by Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, including Herodotus, Historiae, 8 March 1494 (Goff H-90, see lot 204). The black-on-white border shows Renaissance ornament and two white-ground insets, the upper of a faun preparing to sacrifice a goat and the lower Hercules at the parting of the ways. Goff H-160.