CYPRIANUS, Saint (d.258). Opera . Edited by Johannes Andreae Bussi (1417-1475). Rome: Conrad Sweynheym and Arnold Pannartz in the house of Petrus de Maximo, [before 26th July] 1471. Median 2 o (333 x 225 mm). Collation : [1 4 2 1 0 3 8 4-12 1 0 13 12 14-18 1 0 19 12 ]. 186 leaves. 38 lines. Roman type 2:115, Greek type 115. Rubricated in red and blue. THREE-QUARTER VINE-BRANCH BORDER on first text leaf [2/1r], incorporating 7-line initial C, illuminated in gold and colors by a contemporary hand, wreath in the lower margin with coat-of-arms. (Some worming, occasionally catching letters, occasional light marginal soiling, some blue initials faded with some pigment offset.) 19th-century English red morocco gilt (rebacked). Provenance : some early marginalia -- Charles Spencer (1674-1722), Earl of Sunderland (shelfmarks) -- Bibliotecha Richteriana (bookplate) -- Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Philip C. Duschnes, New York) -- donated to SMS 9 December 1947. FIRST EDITION of Cyprian's works. The 1471 edition of Vindelinus de Spira, Venice (Goff C-1011) is reprinted from this edition. The editor, Bussi, prepared most of the early books for the press of Sweynheym and Pannartz in Rome. A number of pseudo-Cyprian text are included, including the tale of how King Pepin had the head of St. John the Baptist transferred to Angers. BMC IV, 12 (IB.17161); GW 7883; Pr 3315; Goff C-1010.
CYPRIANUS, Saint (d.258). Opera . Edited by Johannes Andreae Bussi (1417-1475). Rome: Conrad Sweynheym and Arnold Pannartz in the house of Petrus de Maximo, [before 26th July] 1471. Median 2 o (333 x 225 mm). Collation : [1 4 2 1 0 3 8 4-12 1 0 13 12 14-18 1 0 19 12 ]. 186 leaves. 38 lines. Roman type 2:115, Greek type 115. Rubricated in red and blue. THREE-QUARTER VINE-BRANCH BORDER on first text leaf [2/1r], incorporating 7-line initial C, illuminated in gold and colors by a contemporary hand, wreath in the lower margin with coat-of-arms. (Some worming, occasionally catching letters, occasional light marginal soiling, some blue initials faded with some pigment offset.) 19th-century English red morocco gilt (rebacked). Provenance : some early marginalia -- Charles Spencer (1674-1722), Earl of Sunderland (shelfmarks) -- Bibliotecha Richteriana (bookplate) -- Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Philip C. Duschnes, New York) -- donated to SMS 9 December 1947. FIRST EDITION of Cyprian's works. The 1471 edition of Vindelinus de Spira, Venice (Goff C-1011) is reprinted from this edition. The editor, Bussi, prepared most of the early books for the press of Sweynheym and Pannartz in Rome. A number of pseudo-Cyprian text are included, including the tale of how King Pepin had the head of St. John the Baptist transferred to Angers. BMC IV, 12 (IB.17161); GW 7883; Pr 3315; Goff C-1010.
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