Null [Incunabulum]. Nicholas of Lyra. Postilla super totam Bibliam. Rome, Konrad…

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[Incunabulum]. Nicholas of Lyra. Postilla super totam Bibliam. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym & Arnold Pannartz, 13.03.1472. In 2nd (392 x 268 mm); [291] papers. The recto of the second paper contains a list of the editions printed by the two printers (the last blank paper is missing, the first three and last ten papers substituted by another copy, probably later, traces of moisture, other defects and restorations). Early 19th-century binding in half hazel-colored leather with corners, friezes and title in gilt on spine, within slipcase. Heraldic ex libris. Marginal specimen, rubricated in red of this fifth volume of the work of Niccolo di Lira, celebrated expositor of the Bible. Also first printed edition issued from the presses of Sweynheym and Pannartz of the biblical commentary edited by John Andrew Bussi.

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[Incunabulum]. Nicholas of Lyra. Postilla super totam Bibliam. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym & Arnold Pannartz, 13.03.1472. In 2nd (392 x 268 mm); [291] papers. The recto of the second paper contains a list of the editions printed by the two printers (the last blank paper is missing, the first three and last ten papers substituted by another copy, probably later, traces of moisture, other defects and restorations). Early 19th-century binding in half hazel-colored leather with corners, friezes and title in gilt on spine, within slipcase. Heraldic ex libris. Marginal specimen, rubricated in red of this fifth volume of the work of Niccolo di Lira, celebrated expositor of the Bible. Also first printed edition issued from the presses of Sweynheym and Pannartz of the biblical commentary edited by John Andrew Bussi.

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[INCUNABULUM] - NICOLAS DE LYRE. Postilla Nicolai de Lira super quattuor Evangelistas. Mantua: Paulus Butzbach, July 24, 1577. - In-folio, 270 x 195 : [243 ff. (of 244, mq the first blank)] [sig. a9 (of 10) b-g10/8 h-p8/10 q-y8 &10 x8 z8 ii8 kk8 s8 j10]. Imitation fawn calf, decorated on the boards with a cold frame composed of fillets and a large interlaced roulette as well as filigree irons in the center, spine ribbed with intersecting cold fillets (modern binding). Goff, N130. - BMC, VII, 931. - Polain, 2828. - Proctor, 6894. Rare incunabula edition of postilles or commentaries by theologian and exegete Nicolas de Lyre (c. 1270-1349) on the 4 Gospels, with additions and commentaries by Dominican Paul de Sainte-Marie (1350-1439) and replies by Franciscan Mathias Döring (1390?-1469). These replicas were intended to defend Nicolas de Lyre against the arguments of Paul de Sainte-Marie; they offer a perfect illustration of the confrontation that could exist at the time between two theological schools and two families of thought. This is one of the very first editions to contain Mathias Döring's Replicae. It comes from the presses of Paulus Butzbach in Mantua, printed in Gothic letters on two 50-line columns. This printer, active from 1472 to 1481, produced 4 further editions of Nicolas de Lyre, in the same year (Postilla super Psalterium), on April 28, 1478 (Postilla super Epistolis b. Pauli), on March 30, 1480 (Postilla super Actus apostolorum Epistolas canonicales Apocalypsim cum additionibus) and on April 29, 1481 (Moralia super totam Bibliam). All editions of Nicolas de Lyre published before 1480 are very rare. Copy complete except for the first blank leaf. The latter was not signed; the signature begins on the second leaf, the first printed. The leaves signed a1, a2, a3 and a4 are therefore the second, third, fourth and fifth leaves of the first quire, a feature well mentioned in bibliographies. Quires ii, kk, s and & have been misplaced and should appear after quires i, k, s (old form) and z respectively. Copy in modern imitation binding, from the library of the American antiquarian bookseller Walter Goldwater (1908-1985). It contains old annotations, almost all of which have been erased; only a few headlines remain. Some staining and soiling to leaves. Tear and restoration to folio n9 without affecting the text. Provenance: Walter Goldwater (1908-1985), with his bookplate.

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