(1502). TORQUEMADA (Juan de). EXPOSITIO IN PSALTERIUM REVERENDISSIMI. D. IOANNIS YSPANI DE TURRE CREMATA. Venice, Lazzaro Soardi, January 26, 1502. In-8 of 132 leaves, blond calf, cold-stamped boards (period binding). The Expositio psalterio by Dominican cardinal Juan de Torquemada (1388-1468) was first published in Rome in 1470. The present edition, printed in small Gothic type on 2 columns, was most probably the first to be printed in Venice; it is adorned on the title with a large woodcut showing the author writing in his study. Stamp on title with handwritten bookplate. Label of the Nourry bookshop. Spine rebound, ex. with large margins. (USTC 859692, 15 copies).

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