Lot nr: | 67 |
Book nr: | 28873 |
Author: | [INCUNABEL BLAD] |
Title: | Two essays on the Decretum of Gratian by Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt and Charles McCurry. Together with an Original Leaf Printed on Vellum by Peter SCHOEFFER at Mainz in 1472 |
Town: | Los Angeles - San Francisco |
Publisher: | Zitlin & Ver Brugge - Rosenthal |
Year: | 1971 |
Description: | 7 pages of text, plus one leaf of the 1472 Gratianus, printed on vellum, laid in (Folio, 50 x 33,5 cm). The incomplete volume used for this publication consisted of 193 vellum leaves. Hence the edition is limited to 193 copies, this is copy n° 101. Bibliographical data of the incunable: Gratinaus. Decretum (cum apparatu Bartholomaei Brixiensis). Mainz: Peter Schoeffer, 13 August 1472. Ref. Goff G-362 ; Hain 7885 ; Proctor 99 ; BMC I, 29.
Hand bound in quarter vellum over marbled boards, with a sturdy slip-case. Prospectus laid in |
Note: | A superb leaf, exhibiting Schoeffer's mastery of printing on vellum."As in all early incunable printing, Schoeffer attempted to imitate contemporary manuscripts, and the varied use of calligraphic initials in blue&red, on vellum, produced a striking example of early typography and book design" |
Price: | €500 - €700 |
Sellingprice: | €900
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