Lot 102
Vigerius (Marcus) Decachordum Christianum, Fano, Hieronymus Soncinus, 1507.
Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000
Description
Vigerius (Marcus) Decachordum Christianum, corrected by Guido de Sancto Leone and Francisco Armillino, collation: aa8a10 b-z8 &8 A10 B-E8 F10 AA-BB8, author's coat-of-arms on title within woodcut border signed by F.V., 10 full-page cuts, probably metal (Mortimer), that of the Nativity signed "L" and the Pentecost signed "F.V.", within one of two repeated woodcut borders, 33 smaller cuts from 27 blocks illustrating the life of Christ, all but two in criblé style, initial spaces with guide-letters, lacking blank aa8, a few marginal repairs, some spotting or foxing and staining, modern vellum, folio (300 x 203mm.), Fano, Hieronymus Soncinus, 1507.
⁂ First edition of what is considered to be the finest book from the press of Soncino, the first printer at Fano. Vigerius joined the Franciscan order while his great uncle, the future Pope Sixtus IV, was general of the order, and it was to Sixtus IV that he owed his advancement, being made bishop of Senigallia in 1476, governor of Castel Sant'Angelo, and a cardinal in 1505. Vigerius returned to his studies in 1506, producing the Decachordum, which he dedicated to his cousin Pope Julius II.
Provenance: Walter Ashburner, Firenze (ink stamps).
Literature: Adams V746; Mortimer, Italian 537; Sander 7589; EDIT 16 CNCE 32811
Description
Vigerius (Marcus) Decachordum Christianum, corrected by Guido de Sancto Leone and Francisco Armillino, collation: aa8a10 b-z8 &8 A10 B-E8 F10 AA-BB8, author's coat-of-arms on title within woodcut border signed by F.V., 10 full-page cuts, probably metal (Mortimer), that of the Nativity signed "L" and the Pentecost signed "F.V.", within one of two repeated woodcut borders, 33 smaller cuts from 27 blocks illustrating the life of Christ, all but two in criblé style, initial spaces with guide-letters, lacking blank aa8, a few marginal repairs, some spotting or foxing and staining, modern vellum, folio (300 x 203mm.), Fano, Hieronymus Soncinus, 1507.
⁂ First edition of what is considered to be the finest book from the press of Soncino, the first printer at Fano. Vigerius joined the Franciscan order while his great uncle, the future Pope Sixtus IV, was general of the order, and it was to Sixtus IV that he owed his advancement, being made bishop of Senigallia in 1476, governor of Castel Sant'Angelo, and a cardinal in 1505. Vigerius returned to his studies in 1506, producing the Decachordum, which he dedicated to his cousin Pope Julius II.
Provenance: Walter Ashburner, Firenze (ink stamps).
Literature: Adams V746; Mortimer, Italian 537; Sander 7589; EDIT 16 CNCE 32811
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