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AMBROSIUS, Saint (ca.340-397). Epistolae. -De vocatione. -De aedificatione Mediolani. -De Isaac & anima. -De Fuga saeculi. Edited by Stephanus Dulcinus. Milan: Antonius Zarotus, 1 February 1491.
Chancery 2° (297 x 208mm). Collation: π2 a-q8 r4 s8 t6 u-x8 y6 z4 &8 \\j6 \\a4 (π1 table, π1r dedicatory letter by Dulcinus to Ludovico Maria Sforza, a1r Epistolae, s8v blank, t1r De vocatione, y4v De aedificatione Mediolani, y6r De Isaac & anima, &8v De Fuga saeculi, \\a4v register). 192 leaves. 40 lines. Type: 5:110R. 4- to 8-line initial spaces with guide-letters. (Small wormholes occasionally affecting letters, tear in first two leaves expertly repaired without loss.) Modern brown morocco tooled in blind. Provenance: contemporary marginal annotations in a neat italic hand; traces of seals on flyleaves; Albertus Mettis (17th-century inscription).
Second edition of the Epistolae, accompanied by the FIRST EDITION of the final three texts in the volume. HC (Add) *899; GW 1601; BMC VI, 722 (IB. 26062); Goff A-553.
Chancery 2° (297 x 208mm). Collation: π2 a-q8 r4 s8 t6 u-x8 y6 z4 &8 \\j6 \\a4 (π1 table, π1r dedicatory letter by Dulcinus to Ludovico Maria Sforza, a1r Epistolae, s8v blank, t1r De vocatione, y4v De aedificatione Mediolani, y6r De Isaac & anima, &8v De Fuga saeculi, \\a4v register). 192 leaves. 40 lines. Type: 5:110R. 4- to 8-line initial spaces with guide-letters. (Small wormholes occasionally affecting letters, tear in first two leaves expertly repaired without loss.) Modern brown morocco tooled in blind. Provenance: contemporary marginal annotations in a neat italic hand; traces of seals on flyleaves; Albertus Mettis (17th-century inscription).
Second edition of the Epistolae, accompanied by the FIRST EDITION of the final three texts in the volume. HC (Add) *899; GW 1601; BMC VI, 722 (IB. 26062); Goff A-553.