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RAINERIUS DE PISIS (d.1351). Pantheologia, sive Summa universae theologiae. Edited by Jacobus Florentinus. Venice: Hermannus Liechtenstein, 12 September 1486.
The only incunable edition printed in Italy of this theological encyclopedia. The Pantheologia of Rainerius de Pisis, a Dominican, is regarded as 'one of the longest books ever composed in the Middle Ages'. Although the author was Italian, the first five of the six 15th century editions were printed in Germany, 'suggesting that the manuscripts quickly found their way to Nuremberg, where it is quite possible that ... Hartman Schedel had something to do with seeing the formidable tomes of Rainerius de Pisis into print' (Dennis Rhodes, 'Notes on the Bibliography of Rainerius de Pisis' in BL Journal, vol. 22, no. 2 [Autumn 1996], p. 238). Although this is the sole Italian edition, the present copy was in Germany from an early date, as attested by its contemporary bindings. The edition is from the fourth press of Hermannus Liechtenstein who first appeared at Venice in 1482 and died there in 1494. HC *13019; BMC V 357; BSB-Ink R-6; CIBN R-8; Bod-inc R-005 (part I only); Goff R-10.
2 parts in 2 volumes, super-chancery folio (326 x 214mm). Illuminated opening initial on I:a2r, a2r and a3r with flourishes at bottom margin, A2r, I3r, M1r, DD7r, KK6r, MM7v and PP4v of vol. II with large initials in interlocking red and blue with penwork in black, other capitals supplied in red or blue. (Vol. I: some worming, mainly marginal, but affecting last few leaves of text, h4 soiled at margins, some lighter soiling elsewhere, a few marginal waterstains, without final blank. Vol. II: worming slightly affecting text in first and last quires, and occasionally at margins). Although near uniformly bound, small differences in the lettering and earlier provenance indicate that the volumes were brought together at a somewhat later date: contemporary blindstamped German pigskin over wooden boards, pineapple stamp repeated on covers and spines (small wormholes in both vols, also some soiling and chipping, and various scuffing, bosses and clasps lacking from vol. I, vol. II lacking clasps). Provenance: Munich, Augustinian Hermits, 1606 (vol. I inscription) -- Baumburg monastery (vol. II inscription) -- Munich, Royal Library ('Duplum').
The only incunable edition printed in Italy of this theological encyclopedia. The Pantheologia of Rainerius de Pisis, a Dominican, is regarded as 'one of the longest books ever composed in the Middle Ages'. Although the author was Italian, the first five of the six 15th century editions were printed in Germany, 'suggesting that the manuscripts quickly found their way to Nuremberg, where it is quite possible that ... Hartman Schedel had something to do with seeing the formidable tomes of Rainerius de Pisis into print' (Dennis Rhodes, 'Notes on the Bibliography of Rainerius de Pisis' in BL Journal, vol. 22, no. 2 [Autumn 1996], p. 238). Although this is the sole Italian edition, the present copy was in Germany from an early date, as attested by its contemporary bindings. The edition is from the fourth press of Hermannus Liechtenstein who first appeared at Venice in 1482 and died there in 1494. HC *13019; BMC V 357; BSB-Ink R-6; CIBN R-8; Bod-inc R-005 (part I only); Goff R-10.
2 parts in 2 volumes, super-chancery folio (326 x 214mm). Illuminated opening initial on I:a2r, a2r and a3r with flourishes at bottom margin, A2r, I3r, M1r, DD7r, KK6r, MM7v and PP4v of vol. II with large initials in interlocking red and blue with penwork in black, other capitals supplied in red or blue. (Vol. I: some worming, mainly marginal, but affecting last few leaves of text, h4 soiled at margins, some lighter soiling elsewhere, a few marginal waterstains, without final blank. Vol. II: worming slightly affecting text in first and last quires, and occasionally at margins). Although near uniformly bound, small differences in the lettering and earlier provenance indicate that the volumes were brought together at a somewhat later date: contemporary blindstamped German pigskin over wooden boards, pineapple stamp repeated on covers and spines (small wormholes in both vols, also some soiling and chipping, and various scuffing, bosses and clasps lacking from vol. I, vol. II lacking clasps). Provenance: Munich, Augustinian Hermits, 1606 (vol. I inscription) -- Baumburg monastery (vol. II inscription) -- Munich, Royal Library ('Duplum').
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