![PLATINA, Bartholomaeus de Sacchi (1421-81). Vitae pontificum. [Treviso]: Joannes (Rubeus) Vercellensis, 10 February 1485. Chancery 2° (302 x 200mm). Roman type, 136 leaves (including the final blank), 52 lines, fine initial M on a1v in gold, blue, green and white, remains of an illuminated border on a2r, other initials alternately in red and blue. (Illuminated initial and decorations in the lower and foremargin of a2r cut away, lower forecorners in the first 4 and the last 6 leaves slightly affected by damp, worming at beginning and end with slight damage to text, stain in inner margins of q8v and r1r.) Contemporary Northern Italian blindstamped calf over wooden boards, 3 borders on sides enclosing a ropework decoration (lacks spine, worn, lower cover becoming loose). Provenance: 16th-century manuscript list of the popes on front endpaper -- Compagnia del Gesú (book label and small stamps).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_09702_0280_000(platina_bartholomaeus_de_sacchi_vitae_pontificum_treviso_joannes_verce071226).jpg?w=1)
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PLATINA, Bartholomaeus de Sacchi (1421-81). Vitae pontificum. [Treviso]: Joannes (Rubeus) Vercellensis, 10 February 1485. Chancery 2° (302 x 200mm). Roman type, 136 leaves (including the final blank), 52 lines, fine initial M on a1v<\sup> in gold, blue, green and white, remains of an illuminated border on a2r, other initials alternately in red and blue. (Illuminated initial and decorations in the lower and foremargin of a2r<\sup> cut away, lower forecorners in the first 4 and the last 6 leaves slightly affected by damp, worming at beginning and end with slight damage to text, stain in inner margins of q8v<\sup> and r1r<\sup>.) Contemporary Northern Italian blindstamped calf over wooden boards, 3 borders on sides enclosing a ropework decoration (lacks spine, worn, lower cover becoming loose). Provenance: 16th-century manuscript list of the popes on front endpaper -- Compagnia del Gesú (book label and small stamps).
AN ATTRACTIVE EDITION OF PLATINA'S GREAT WORK, a history of all the popes from St. Peter to Sixtus IV. BMC states: 'This book, which shows no internal connexion with Treviso, may conceivably be Venetian and date from 1485/6. The watermark of a crescent was in use in both Treviso and Venice about this time'. HC *13048; IGI 7859; BMC VI, 897; Goff P-770,
AN ATTRACTIVE EDITION OF PLATINA'S GREAT WORK, a history of all the popes from St. Peter to Sixtus IV. BMC states: 'This book, which shows no internal connexion with Treviso, may conceivably be Venetian and date from 1485/6. The watermark of a crescent was in use in both Treviso and Venice about this time'. HC *13048; IGI 7859; BMC VI, 897; Goff P-770,