BOSSUS, Matthaeus (1428-1502, Abbot of the Augustinian Canons at Fiesole). De veris ac salutaribus animi gaudiis dialogus. With dedicatory letter to Lorenzo de' Medici by Politian (1454-94), and epilogue addressed to the author by Timothy of Verona. Florence: Francesco Bonaccorsi, 8 t h February 1491.
BOSSUS, Matthaeus (1428-1502, Abbot of the Augustinian Canons at Fiesole). De veris ac salutaribus animi gaudiis dialogus. With dedicatory letter to Lorenzo de' Medici by Politian (1454-94), and epilogue addressed to the author by Timothy of Verona. Florence: Francesco Bonaccorsi, 8 t h February 1491. Chancery full-sheet 4 o (208 x 138 mm). Collation: a-k l 1 0. 90 leaves (first and last blank). Type 1:112R, 26 lines and marginalia, woodcut white-on-black vine initials Q and E, Lombard initial A. (Few insignificant marginal tears in a2, slight worming at beginning and end, early ownership inscription torn from lower blank margin of l8.) FINELY ILLUMINATED BORDER of white knotwork on a bright red, blue and green ground, with floral initial S, probably by a contemporary Florentine artist, on fol. a3r (first page of introduction); the same hand has painted a shaped background in the same colors to the printed drop-title of Roman capitals on the first text page (a5r), suggesting a classical inscription on a marble tablet. HIGHLY IMPORTANT ITALIAN RENAISSANCE PLAQUETTE BINDING: contemporary maroon goatskin over beech boards, multiple blind fillets on sides, gold-tooled ropework border on front cover, three sizes of knotwork ornament blind-tooled at the angles and along the short sides of the main rectangular panel, a solid gilt leaf tool repeated to form a large circular compartment in the center containing a strong blind impression partly painted green of the she-griffin of PERUGIA (80 mm in diameter), suckling the two condottieri Braccio da Montone and Niccolò Piccinino as infants, her gold collar lettered PERUSIA; gold-tooled border on back cover of a repeated ornament borrowed from antiquity: two dolphins diving on either side of a fountain, brown leather panel blind-tooled with the Holy Monogram, the Sacred Heart and crest ornament, laid into the central compartment and presumably taken from a somewhat later binding; three double bands on spine with blind fillets in the compartments, 8 small brass bosses, brass nails and 3 (of 4) catches, the straps and clasps missing, painted leaf-edges (faded), pastedowns of vellum fragments from a 14 t h-century Latin manuscript grammar. (Small defects to the plaquette, corners and spine-ends, some small wormholes, but apparently in unrestored condition.) Provenance : ? Perugia, the city or a city official (impressed medal) -- Hector de Backer (president of the Society of Bibliophiles and Iconophiles of Belgium), Paris sale (Giraud-Badin expert, F. Lair Dubreuil comm.-pris.), second portion, 28 March 1927, lot 2688, front cover reproduced -- Frankfurt am Main, Antiquariat Joseph Baer, cat. 740, no. 269, pl. XXXIX -- Fritz Kreisler (Parke-Bernet Galleries, 27th January 1949, lot 29) -- Bought from Emil Offenbacher in 1959. FIRST EDITION. In the dedication to Lorenzo the Magnificent, the humanist scholar and poet Angelo Poliziano describes his visits to Fiesole with Pico della Mirandola and praises the qualities of Bossi's dialogue. The Medici dedication copy on vellum was sold in these rooms in 1987 (Doheny I, lot 117). The binding medallion of the mythological Perugia griffin is impressed from the reverse of a fine portrait of Niccolò Piccinino (Heiss pl. II, Hill 22, Kress 4) by the peripatetic artist and celebrated medallist, Antonio (also known as Vittore) Pisano, called PISANELLO (1395-1455). Early in his military career Piccinino (1386-1444), who was born in Perugia, served under Braccio da Montone (1368-1424) in his war against Perugia, a city then allied with the Pope. After the latter's death, Piccinino took over his condotto , briefly fought for the Florentine Republic, then conducted long campaigns for Filippo Maria Visconti against the Papal forces and Francesco Sforza. Both his sons, Jacopo (d. 1465) and Francesco Piccinino, were also distinguished condottieri . APPARENTLY THE ONLY RECORDED USE OF A PISANELLO MEDAL ON A BINDING. The illumination and the binding were no d
BOSSUS, Matthaeus (1428-1502, Abbot of the Augustinian Canons at Fiesole). De veris ac salutaribus animi gaudiis dialogus. With dedicatory letter to Lorenzo de' Medici by Politian (1454-94), and epilogue addressed to the author by Timothy of Verona. Florence: Francesco Bonaccorsi, 8 t h February 1491.
BOSSUS, Matthaeus (1428-1502, Abbot of the Augustinian Canons at Fiesole). De veris ac salutaribus animi gaudiis dialogus. With dedicatory letter to Lorenzo de' Medici by Politian (1454-94), and epilogue addressed to the author by Timothy of Verona. Florence: Francesco Bonaccorsi, 8 t h February 1491. Chancery full-sheet 4 o (208 x 138 mm). Collation: a-k l 1 0. 90 leaves (first and last blank). Type 1:112R, 26 lines and marginalia, woodcut white-on-black vine initials Q and E, Lombard initial A. (Few insignificant marginal tears in a2, slight worming at beginning and end, early ownership inscription torn from lower blank margin of l8.) FINELY ILLUMINATED BORDER of white knotwork on a bright red, blue and green ground, with floral initial S, probably by a contemporary Florentine artist, on fol. a3r (first page of introduction); the same hand has painted a shaped background in the same colors to the printed drop-title of Roman capitals on the first text page (a5r), suggesting a classical inscription on a marble tablet. HIGHLY IMPORTANT ITALIAN RENAISSANCE PLAQUETTE BINDING: contemporary maroon goatskin over beech boards, multiple blind fillets on sides, gold-tooled ropework border on front cover, three sizes of knotwork ornament blind-tooled at the angles and along the short sides of the main rectangular panel, a solid gilt leaf tool repeated to form a large circular compartment in the center containing a strong blind impression partly painted green of the she-griffin of PERUGIA (80 mm in diameter), suckling the two condottieri Braccio da Montone and Niccolò Piccinino as infants, her gold collar lettered PERUSIA; gold-tooled border on back cover of a repeated ornament borrowed from antiquity: two dolphins diving on either side of a fountain, brown leather panel blind-tooled with the Holy Monogram, the Sacred Heart and crest ornament, laid into the central compartment and presumably taken from a somewhat later binding; three double bands on spine with blind fillets in the compartments, 8 small brass bosses, brass nails and 3 (of 4) catches, the straps and clasps missing, painted leaf-edges (faded), pastedowns of vellum fragments from a 14 t h-century Latin manuscript grammar. (Small defects to the plaquette, corners and spine-ends, some small wormholes, but apparently in unrestored condition.) Provenance : ? Perugia, the city or a city official (impressed medal) -- Hector de Backer (president of the Society of Bibliophiles and Iconophiles of Belgium), Paris sale (Giraud-Badin expert, F. Lair Dubreuil comm.-pris.), second portion, 28 March 1927, lot 2688, front cover reproduced -- Frankfurt am Main, Antiquariat Joseph Baer, cat. 740, no. 269, pl. XXXIX -- Fritz Kreisler (Parke-Bernet Galleries, 27th January 1949, lot 29) -- Bought from Emil Offenbacher in 1959. FIRST EDITION. In the dedication to Lorenzo the Magnificent, the humanist scholar and poet Angelo Poliziano describes his visits to Fiesole with Pico della Mirandola and praises the qualities of Bossi's dialogue. The Medici dedication copy on vellum was sold in these rooms in 1987 (Doheny I, lot 117). The binding medallion of the mythological Perugia griffin is impressed from the reverse of a fine portrait of Niccolò Piccinino (Heiss pl. II, Hill 22, Kress 4) by the peripatetic artist and celebrated medallist, Antonio (also known as Vittore) Pisano, called PISANELLO (1395-1455). Early in his military career Piccinino (1386-1444), who was born in Perugia, served under Braccio da Montone (1368-1424) in his war against Perugia, a city then allied with the Pope. After the latter's death, Piccinino took over his condotto , briefly fought for the Florentine Republic, then conducted long campaigns for Filippo Maria Visconti against the Papal forces and Francesco Sforza. Both his sons, Jacopo (d. 1465) and Francesco Piccinino, were also distinguished condottieri . APPARENTLY THE ONLY RECORDED USE OF A PISANELLO MEDAL ON A BINDING. The illumination and the binding were no d
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