$1,400
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Auction: September 23, 2020 11:00:00 AM EDT
Venice: Hieronymus de Paganinis, 7 Sept. 1497. Edited by Petrus Angelus de Monte Ulmi. 8vo (165 x 120 mm). 511 (of 514) leaves. Collation: A10, a8, b7, c-z8, [et]8, [con]8, [rum]8, 2a-2m8, 2n10, 2o8- 2z8, [2et]8, [2con]8, [2rum]8, A-F8, 1-4(8), 5(5); lacking first leaf (title-page), b8, and final leaf (printed title-page supplied). Gabriel Brunus table: 50 lines, double column, headlines; text: 54 lines, double column, headlines (rectos only); "Interpretationes": 54 lines, three columns, headlines (rectos only). Gothic type (type: 7:52G, 8:89G, 9:45G, 10:90R). Headline and first paragraph on leaf a1r printed in red, initial spaces largely blank, a few filled in with faint ink guides; printed side-notes and shoulder-notes. Full brown calf, stamped in blind and in gilt, heavily rubbed, chipping at head and tail of spine, upper rear joint starting; title inscribed on fore-edge; some headlines shaved close; scattered minor worming; scattered marginalia; minor to moderate darkening and spotting in margins; dampstaining at bottom edge of g8-h1r; scattered subtle dampstaining in margins; old inscription on F8r; dampstaining in fore-edge of 1-4(8) and 5(5); final two leaves repaired in upper gutter; last leaf chipped at bottom corner with a few letters lost. Book-plate of the Doctor Jeremiah Zimmerman Library, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pa., on front paste-down. ISTC ib00601000; Goff B601; BMC V 459; GW 4278. In 1492 Hieronymus de Paganinis published the second octavo Latin bible, and this reprint was printed five years later.
Provenance: Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Zimmerman
United Lutheran Seminary