Live auction - Lot 823
[Italy - Rome]
Casus papales, episcopales et abbatiales.
€ 750 / 1.000
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Lot description
[Rome, B. Guldinbeck, c. 1482-1488]
4to: [4] ff., 35 ll.
Mod. boards covered with a rubricated German incunable leaf, flat spine titled in ink. Nice copy.
One of the numerous Rome editions of the Casus papales, all very rare. “As assigned and dated by Sheppard, as this state of the type (86 G) was used by Johann Besicken in only one book; see BMC IV 138; the measurement of the type page agrees exactly with that of books printed by Guldinbeck in this type; GW assigns to [Besicken], and dates [c.1495].” (Bod-Inc). Rubricated throughout with a nice manuscript title on f. 1r. Ref. ISTC 00265500. - GW 6198. - Polain 4095. - Bod-Inc C-112. - Not in BMC, BSB-Ink, CIBN, Goff. Prov. [Georges Petit].