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SAVONAROLA, Girolamo. Regola del ben vivere. [Florence: Bartolommeo di Libri], 1498.
Chancery 4° (195 x 134mm). Collation: [14] (1/1r woodcut, 1/4v date, woodcut). 4 leaves. 28 lines. Type: 3:114G. Two woodcuts depicting the Crucifixion and the wayfarer praying. Modern brown morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe.
First and only 15th-century edition. Parallel to Savonarola's concern for spiritual purity was his concern for the practicalities of a worldly Christian life. In this work he offers advice on following a true Christian life, based on simplicity and humility. Di Libri also used the two woodcuts in Savonarola's Epistolae, printed after 14 August 1497. HC(Add)R 14364; BMC VI, 653 (IA. 27381); Goff S-237; IGI 8771; Sander 6835; Audin 42.
Chancery 4° (195 x 134mm). Collation: [14] (1/1r woodcut, 1/4v date, woodcut). 4 leaves. 28 lines. Type: 3:114G. Two woodcuts depicting the Crucifixion and the wayfarer praying. Modern brown morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe.
First and only 15th-century edition. Parallel to Savonarola's concern for spiritual purity was his concern for the practicalities of a worldly Christian life. In this work he offers advice on following a true Christian life, based on simplicity and humility. Di Libri also used the two woodcuts in Savonarola's Epistolae, printed after 14 August 1497. HC(Add)R 14364; BMC VI, 653 (IA. 27381); Goff S-237; IGI 8771; Sander 6835; Audin 42.