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(Religion) - Ens. 2 ouvr. - SISTO da SIENA.- Bibliotheca Sancta […]. Venetiis, apud Franciscum Franciscium Senensem, 1566. 2 parts with continued pagination in 1 vol. in-f° : [4]-1/304-[4]-305/510, [2]-515/1069-[70] pp. (some lvs slightly browned, several handwritten provenances on title-page, some handwritten notes in pen). Contemporary binding : pigskin, boards decorated with blind tooled roll-stamps (floral and portraits), ribbed spine (slightly rubbed, upper joint partly split). VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of this biblical encyclopaedia and commentaries. With woodcut illustrations : 1 full-page portrait of Aaron, 1 diagram in texto and printer's marks on the title-page and on the last page, several ornamental initials. Scholar and exegete Sixtus of Siena (1520-1569) was first a Franciscan monk but accused of heresy he became a Dominican. # Adams S-1268; # USTC 856558; # not in Soltész (ed. 1575) nor in Machiels (ed. 1593). Provenance : Bartholomeus Scholl, Freising, 1581 (handwritten mention and ex-libris); Monastery Virginis Mariae, Gars, 1769 (handwritten mention and printed label). JOINT : DIONYSIUS, Carthusianus.- In Sancta quatuor D.N. Jesu Christi Evangelia praeclarae admodum enarrationes [...]. Venetiis, ex officina B. Rubini, 1569, in-8° contemporary limp vellum (soiled, some pages slightly browned, lower margin of title-page lacking, ties lacking). Woodcut vignette on title-page; # Adams D-588, # Soltész D-224, # not in Machiels. ¶ Rare édition originale de cette encyclopédie biblique par l'exégète dominicain Sixte de Sienne illustrée de 2 in texto (portrait d'Aaron et un diagramme). Pleine peau de truie de l'ép. ornée à froid (pet. défauts, rel. us.). Commentaire biblique par Denys le Chartreux joint. Drouotlive.com Read more