AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (Saint, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430). De civitate dei, Venice: Gabriel di Pietro, 1475, 2° (270 x 192mm.), seventh edition, rotunda type in double column, headlines in roman, 294 of 296 leaves (lacking first and last blanks), 46 lines and headlines, a1 with one 11-line and one 5-line illuminated initial, an illuminated left-hand border of flowers and foliage, and armorial cartouche at foot (marginal worming from o2 to end, most filled in, touching a few letters on final leaves, r2 to s6 dampstained at lower margin, some spotting and occasional dustsoiling of margins), 18th-century Italian vellum (joints repaired). [Goff A1236; HC 2052; BMC V 201; GW 2880]

细节

AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (Saint, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430). De civitate dei, Venice: Gabriel di Pietro, 1475, 2° (270 x 192mm.), seventh edition, rotunda type in double column, headlines in roman, 294 of 296 leaves (lacking first and last blanks), 46 lines and headlines, a1 with one 11-line and one 5-line illuminated initial, an illuminated left-hand border of flowers and foliage, and armorial cartouche at foot (marginal worming from o2 to end, most filled in, touching a few letters on final leaves, r2 to s6 dampstained at lower margin, some spotting and occasional dustsoiling of margins), 18th-century Italian vellum (joints repaired). [Goff A1236; HC 2052; BMC V 201; GW 2880]

来源

"Mel: S. Cai:", deleted 16th or 17th-century incription around armorial on a1 recto and a few early annotations in text; inscription on incipit "Hic liber est impressus Anno 1475 ..." and 19th century signature Guttenberg Giovannum also on incipit; George Abrams, Sotheby's 16 November 1989, lot 15.

拍品专文

An apparent reprint, though slightly compressed, of Nicolas Jenson's folio edition completed 2 October 1475 (Goff A1235). Both editions are set in double columns of 46 lines, both use rotunda type for the text and roman for the headlines, while on the first text page each printer has indulged in the peculiarity of adding his name to the headline itself.

See back cover illustration.