TYGRINUS, Nicolaus (ca.1448-1527). Oratio pro obedientia ad Alexandrum VI papam praestanda. [Rome: Andreas Freitag, after 25 October 1492].

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TYGRINUS, Nicolaus (ca.1448-1527). Oratio pro obedientia ad Alexandrum VI papam praestanda. [Rome: Andreas Freitag, after 25 October 1492].

Chancery 4° (214 x 149 mm). Collation: a4 (a1r text). 28 lines. Type 3:104G. One woodcut ornamental initial. Modern russet crushed morocco, gilt fillet border to sides, flat spine lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges (slight wear to front hinge).

Third of three undated editions, the precedence of which was determined by C.F. Bühler in Gutenberg-Jahrbuch (1975, pp. 97-9). The present edition was slightly revised from a previous edition set in Freitag's type 2:88R (BMC IV, 135, IA. 18946). Niccolò Tegrimi delivered this oration pledging obedience by the citizens of Lucca to the newly elected Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia).

This copy agrees with the readings in the British Library copy IA. 19325.

HC *15751; BMC IV, 137 (IA. 19324-6); IGI 9670; Pellechet Ms 10972; Goff T-563.