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GREGORIUS I (Saint, c. 540-604). Moralia, sive Expositio in Job. Edited by Bartholomaeus Cremonensis. Venice: Reynaldus de Novimagio, 14 June 1480.
Median 2° (324 x 226mm). Collation: a-b8 c10 d8 2d10 e-h10 i8 k10 l-q8 r10 2r10 s-v10 u-z10 \\i8 \\j10 \\g10 A-D8.10 E-G10 H8 I6 (a1r blank, a1v preface by the Bishop of Brescia, a2r register, b8-c1 blank, c2r text, books 1-7, i1r books 8-35, I4v colophon, I5r quire register, I6 blank). 348 leaves. 55 lines and headline, double column, guide-letters. Type: 2:150G (headlines), 3:84G (text). SHEET C2.9 PRINTED ON VELLUM AND ILLUMINATED BY A CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN ARTIST, foliate initial on burnished gold ground opening the text depicting presentation of the book, scrolling foliate and floral extensions, 3- to 7-line initials and paragraph marks alternating in red or blue. (Occasional small wormholes, some light browning.) Early 20th-century burgundy morocco panelled in gilt and blind, gilt edges, by Rivière & Son (short split at upper hinge). Provenance: 18th-century notes in French on flyleaf; William G. Robinson (bookseller, catalogue description tipped to front flyleaf).
Fifth edition of St. Gregory's exposition on the Book of Job. His longest work, he begins with its literal meaning before moving on to mystical and allegorical interpretations. It became a summa of moral ascetism and mysticism of the Middle Ages and beyond. HC *7930; BMC V, 256 (IB.20657-8); IGI 4442; Goff G-430.
Median 2° (324 x 226mm). Collation: a-b
Fifth edition of St. Gregory's exposition on the Book of Job. His longest work, he begins with its literal meaning before moving on to mystical and allegorical interpretations. It became a summa of moral ascetism and mysticism of the Middle Ages and beyond. HC *7930; BMC V, 256 (IB.20657-8); IGI 4442; Goff G-430.
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