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Dr. Eichenberger
Beinwil am See
296 May '90
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Heironymus , Sophronius Eusebius , St. [inserted]ca[end inserted] (331-420 AD)
Vita E Epistole. [Italian]
Add: Regula monachorum ex Epistolis S. Hieronymi
excerpta (transl. into Italian by Matteo da Ferrara.)
Ref: Goff H-178 HC (Add) 8566 Oates 2248 [inserted]332mm[end inserted] IGI 4746
Pr 5765 BMC VI 614
Copy: HEHL, LC(R)[inserted]32.2cm[end inserted], New L. Parma Pal.,Milano , Triv. Bodl.
Lllll - De Damaso Papa-ccxxvlll G
274 leaves , 7-273 numbered III - CCLXIX, 2 col.
46-48 lines & headline , 253 (263)x163|mm. Printed capitals (2,5)
& borders , woodcuts.
Type : 105R large square text type, mostly - medium capitals. Q is
seperate, the tail being slightly curved & lying practically level - the line. C bold & rough,
E,H & M narrow, 2 flawes in diagonal of N, broad S leaning slightly to left.*
Part I containing the life of St. Jerome has 17 column - cuts.
Part II has 120 , Part III has 41.
Kraus Cat. - 1st ed of the Letters of St. Jerome in Italian. The very fine
93 #159 full page borders & the large number of outline woodcuts
neatly fitted into the columns above attractive initials
have secured for this work a distinguished place in
Italian book illust. of the 15th C. This copy has at the
beginning, the 4 pages of the Vita of the saint, not
present in all surviving copies. They include 1 woodcut
title, the charming woodcut of the birth of the saint & 17
text illustrations.
See Schreiber woodcuts, plate 47. (Stanford)XXXI -II -mansione - CCXI D
Proctor 5765 Lorenzo Rossi (2ndpress) Ferrara.
TypeS - roman , very small ? mark 20 ll. = 101mm.
* peculiar [?] - very small loop, bold single hyphon (sloping) In
use in 1497 - 1499.