11 - Incunabula - Post-Incunabula

Incunabula - Post-Incunabula Maillard, Olivier Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi. With a woodcut title vignette. (Paris), Jean Petit (between 1511 and 1515), 16 leaves, 8°, brown leather binding in the 16th-century style with fillet decoration. Renouard, Marques, 888, p. 285. — Extremely rare; we have found no copies of this work in international trade. Two-column print; the printer’s mark indicates a date of printing between 1511 and 1515.—An exceedingly rare early Parisian print of a Passion sermon penned by the famous Franciscan mendicant preacher Olivier Maillard (c. 1430–1502), who was among the best-known and most influential figures in medieval homiletic literature and pulpit rhetoric during the late French Middle Ages. The full title is “Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi a reverendo patre Oliverii Maillard Parisius declamata” and refers to the written version of a sermon delivered in Paris on the Passion of Christ, a classic example of late medieval devotional literature, devotional literature, and Passion literature with connections to the religious art of the time. The undated print comes from the workshop of the prominent Parisian publisher and bookseller Jean Petit, who, from 1493 to 1530, produced roughly one-tenth of all books printed in Paris and is considered one of the most influential figures in Renaissance book printing and in Parisian book printing in 16th-century France, and is thus also significant for the general history of the book. Based on the printer’s mark depicted on the title page, this post-incunabulum—or early printed book—can be dated to the period between 1511 and 1515. Printed in Gothic type in two columns on 16 leaves in small octavo format with folio signatures A through B8, adorned with a woodcut title vignette as the sole illustrative decoration on the title page. As a testament to theology, church history, and spiritual discourse, this edition ranks among the great rarities of the French post-incunabula period and is of great interest to bibliophiles. According to Moreau and the USTC, only three copies of this rare edition are known to exist in French libraries—and it is absent from the Bibliothèque nationale de France—with six additional copies located abroad, underscoring the significance of this rarity for collectors of early 16th-century spiritual literature. - Only minor defects on the last leaves. Overall, a fine copy of this rare work. Post-incunabula. - Renouard, Marques, 888, p. 285. - Of the utmost rarity; no copy has been traced by us in the international market. Printed in two columns; the printer’s mark indicates a date of printing between 1511 and 1515. An extremely rare early Paris printing of a Passion sermon by the famous Franciscan mendicant preacher Olivier Maillard (c. 1430–1502), who ranked among the best-known and most influential exponents of medieval preaching literature and pulpit rhetoric at the close of the French Middle Ages. The full title reads “Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi a reverendo patre Oliverii Maillard Parisius declamata” and refers to the written version of a sermon delivered in Paris on the Passion of Christ—a classic example of late medieval devotional and edifying literature and Passion literature, with connections to the religious art of the period. This undated print was produced in the workshop of the prominent Parisian publisher and bookseller Jean Petit, who, between 1493 and 1530, accounted for roughly one-tenth of all books published in Paris and is regarded as one of the most influential figures in Renaissance printing and in Parisian printing in sixteenth-century France, making him significant for the history of the book in general. Based on the printer’s mark depicted on the title page, this post-incunabulum, or cradle-book, can be dated to around 1511 to 1515. Printed in Gothic type in two columns across 16 leaves in small octavo format with signatures A through B8, adorned with a woodcut title vignette as the sole pictorial decoration on the title page. As a testament to theology, church history, and sacred oratory, this edition ranks among the great rarities of the French post-incunabula period and is of great interest to bibliophiles. According to Moreau and the USTC, only three copies of this rare edition can be found in French libraries—the Bibliothèque nationale de France does not hold a copy—along with six additional copies abroad, underscoring the significance of this rarity for collectors of early sixteenth-century religious literature. Only minor defects on the last leaves. Overall, a good copy of this rare work. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% commission is charged on the hammer price, and 7% (books, art) or 19% value-added tax (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints, photographs) is charged on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard