farfel_n04_007_225

225
Los Angeles
Heritage Book Shop
Feb. 1986
$25.00
b. Assisi 1182 (81?). (Feast, Oct 4)
d. [?there?], Oct 3, 1226
[Francis of Assisi, St. ] I Fioretti Del Glorioso Pove/
Rello Di Cristo S. Francesco / Di Assisi.
Chelsea: Ashendene Press - C. H. St John Hornby - [insert] Feb. 12 [end insert] 1922
Descriptive Bibliography - XXXI. (1894-1935) Gunet Z239.2 A8Z9f
Octavo. Collection. A, 6 leaves; [insert] (222x150mm) [end insert] B-I, L-R in eights [insert] (222x150mm) [end insert]
[?Guovst?] 2239.2
A8F81
Italian Text.
Pp. 2 & VIII x 2 & 240, consisting of title page, as above,
p. 1 (verso blank); Indice de Capitoli pp. 1-viii,
followed by blank page with front is piece on verso;
text pp. 1-289; note of number of copies printed &
printers mark C, in red, p. 240.
printed on Batchelor paper with Hammer & Anvil
water mark. The chapter -headings & shoulder - notes
are printed in red & The initials of each chapter
in red or blue.
1978-9
$450
1997
$1450
240 copies printed on paper & 12 copies on vellum
Type - Subiaco Great [illegible].
Woodcuts by J.B. Swain from drawings by Charles M. Gere. [insert] This was the last of 4 books Gere illust. for Hornby. [end insert] Contains 53 illust. The initial
letters were designed by Graily Hewitt.
Bound in limp vellum with green silk ties.
Ransom Private Presses, p. 206, #34; [?Tomkinson?], [insert] Hornby 31 [end insert] p.7, #34.
-The complete edition of Little Flowers of St. Francis, a series of
short anecdotes.
Cath.
encycl.
The vitae and legendae on Francis' life are extremely
numerous....Less significant historically are the Actus
b. Francisci et sociorum ejus (c 1320), excessively poetical
writings stemming from the March of Ancona. Of these,
53 chapt. constitute the Floretum s. Francisci, which
was revised in the vernacular as the Fioretti di
San Francesco (c 1380) The Fioretti have enjoyed the
greatest popularity, but they too are legendary and romantic
and lack genuine historical value.
From the Fioretti come many of the most beautiful stories of St. Francis.