EPISTOLAE (in Italian).

(INCUNABULAR LEAF WITH WOODCUT). HIERONYMUS.

(Ferrara: Laurentius de Rubeis, de Valentia, 1497). 301 x 216 mm. (11 7/8 x 8 1/2"). Double column, 48 lines and headline in roman type.

Attractively matted. Paragraph marks hand-inked in red, three six-line white-vine woodcut initials and THREE COLUMN-WIDTH (50 x 75 mm.) WOODCUT SCENES SHOWING NUNS GATHERING FOR MORNING PRAYER, LISTENING TO A SERMON, AND KNEELING BEFORE A CRUCIFIX. Two thin remnants of mounting tape to one edge. Goff H-178; BMC VI, 614; ISTC ih00178000. ◆A little wrinkling to head and tail edge, but A FINE LEAF, clean fresh, and bright.
(ST16379-165)

Price: $500.00