Recuperationes Faesulanae [with additions by Philippus Beroaldus].

Folio: [184] ff., 35 ll. (dampstained throughout esp. in inner and bottom margin, some mouldy spots in 1st ff., holes in ff. 1-3 with loss of text, some thumbing).

Old calf over wood, spine on 4 raised bands, gilt sides (loosening, rebacked, head def.). A more or less acceptable copy.

2nd ed. (1st Florence 1492) of the writings of Matteo Bosso (1428-1502), Verona canon and confessor of Lorenzo de’ Medici. Pt. 1 consists of shorter woks and speeches, mainly on religious subjects, but also e.g. "De honesto cultu feminarum"; Pt. 2 contains his "Epistolae". Woodcut mark at the end. Capital spaces with guide-letters. Beginning of text on a3r printed in red. Ref. ISTC ib01045000. - GW 4958. - Goff B-1045. - Polain 845. - BMC VI:826. - CIBN B-732. - BSB-Ink B-762. Prov. "Joannis pellesonis condriacensis" (old name at top of title) , i.e. Condrieu [Rhône]). - Numerous 16th-c. reader’s notes and marks. - [Georges Petit].