Lot 327
Marchesinus (Johannes) Mammotrectus super Bibliam, Marchesinus's great dictionary of words from the bible and other religious texts, including sections on pronunciation, Venice, Franciscus Renner, de Heilbronn & Petrus de Bartua, 1478.
Hammer Price: £1,800
Description
Lot 327 Marchesinus (Johannes) Mammotrectus super Bibliam, collation: A10 B-C8 a-y8 1-68 710, double column, 259 ff. (of 260, lacking initial blank), 37 lines, plus headline, Gothic type, initials and paragraph-marks in red or blue, a few ff. with underlining and marginalia in red, early ink Italian ownership inscriptions to front pastedown and lower margin of first f., some water-staining and spotting, 16th century ?Venetian blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, vellum and metal clasps, blind-stamped strapwork design to upper cover, extensively restored with modern blind-stamped calf to style, 4to, Venice, Franciscus Renner, de Heilbronn & Petrus de Bartua, 1478.
⁂ Marchesinus's great dictionary of words from the bible and other religious texts, including sections on pronunciation.
Literature: BMC V, 194; Goff M-238; HC *10558; Bod-Inc: M-084; BSB-Ink M-156.
Description
Lot 327 Marchesinus (Johannes) Mammotrectus super Bibliam, collation: A10 B-C8 a-y8 1-68 710, double column, 259 ff. (of 260, lacking initial blank), 37 lines, plus headline, Gothic type, initials and paragraph-marks in red or blue, a few ff. with underlining and marginalia in red, early ink Italian ownership inscriptions to front pastedown and lower margin of first f., some water-staining and spotting, 16th century ?Venetian blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, vellum and metal clasps, blind-stamped strapwork design to upper cover, extensively restored with modern blind-stamped calf to style, 4to, Venice, Franciscus Renner, de Heilbronn & Petrus de Bartua, 1478.
⁂ Marchesinus's great dictionary of words from the bible and other religious texts, including sections on pronunciation.
Literature: BMC V, 194; Goff M-238; HC *10558; Bod-Inc: M-084; BSB-Ink M-156.