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GREGORIUS I (c. 540-604). Moralia, sive Expositio in Job. [Rome: Apud Sanctum Marcum (Vitus Puecher), 5 September 1475].
An imposing edition from a rare press of Gregory the Great’s commentary on Job, one of the most highly regarded and widely read patristic texts of the Middle Ages and beyond. One of fewer than 20 books printed at the anonymous press ‘apud Sanctum Marcum’ assigned to Vitus Puecher. Goff G-428.
Royal folio (425 x 285mm). Without final blank, initials in red over printed guide-letters, red paragraph marks, capital strokes and book numbers in the headline (small wormholes in first 3 and final 2 quires touching some letters). Contemporary German (Tirolian?) blindstamped calf over wooden boards, 17th-century paper spine label, vellum flyleaf at end (without metal furniture and clasps, scuffed, a few small wormholes). Provenance: contemporary corrections – Neukirchen convent (inscriptions).
Interpreting the Book of Job in its literal, allegorical and moral senses, Gregory provides a summa of moral asceticism and mysticism. In his prefatory letter Dominicus de Dominicis, Bishop of Brescia, states that 300 copies of the edition were produced by 3 men working for 3 months. A large, fresh copy, with pinholes visible and retaining numerous deckle edges. HC *7929; GW 11432; BMC IV 64; IGI 4441; Bod-inc G-220; BSB-Ink G-316; Goff G-428.
An imposing edition from a rare press of Gregory the Great’s commentary on Job, one of the most highly regarded and widely read patristic texts of the Middle Ages and beyond. One of fewer than 20 books printed at the anonymous press ‘apud Sanctum Marcum’ assigned to Vitus Puecher. Goff G-428.
Royal folio (425 x 285mm). Without final blank, initials in red over printed guide-letters, red paragraph marks, capital strokes and book numbers in the headline (small wormholes in first 3 and final 2 quires touching some letters). Contemporary German (Tirolian?) blindstamped calf over wooden boards, 17th-century paper spine label, vellum flyleaf at end (without metal furniture and clasps, scuffed, a few small wormholes). Provenance: contemporary corrections – Neukirchen convent (inscriptions).
Interpreting the Book of Job in its literal, allegorical and moral senses, Gregory provides a summa of moral asceticism and mysticism. In his prefatory letter Dominicus de Dominicis, Bishop of Brescia, states that 300 copies of the edition were produced by 3 men working for 3 months. A large, fresh copy, with pinholes visible and retaining numerous deckle edges. HC *7929; GW 11432; BMC IV 64; IGI 4441; Bod-inc G-220; BSB-Ink G-316; Goff G-428.
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