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81 - [INCUNABULUM]. VORAGINE (Jacques de). LEGENDA AUREA SANCTORUM. [Lyon, printed by Guido Papa, "Casus longi," c. 1490]. Small folio, paperback; 262/270 ff.—signature: a–z8 [the first two folios, a1 and a2, are MISSING]—A–K8 [the last six folios, L6, are MISSING]. Unbound copy (headbands preserved), lower margin of folio a3 torn with a significant loss but no damage to the text, some light foxing and marginal water stains, a few underlinings and old handwritten marginal notes in brown ink. RARE INCUNABULUM EDITION of the "GOLDEN LEGEND" printed in Lyon around 1490, with only 5 COPIES listed in public collections, including 3 in France (Paris [incomplete], Troyes, and Vesoul), one in the United Kingdom (Cambridge), and one in the United States (Ann Arbor, University of Michigan). Latin text in Gothic type, set in two columns of 46 lines. The volume contains two PAINTED INITIALS in red and blue on folio A5. A copy with a fresh block, unfortunately INCOMPLETE by 8 folios. AS IS. ¶ Goff, J-127 - ISTC No. ij00127000 - Copinger, II-6396.
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[INCUNABULUM]. VORAGINE (Jacques de). LEGENDA AUREA SANCTORUM. [Lyon, printed by Guido Papa, "Casus longi," c. 1490]. Small folio, paperback; 262/270 ff.—signature: a–z8 [the first two folios, a1 and a2, are MISSING]—A–K8 [the last six folios, L6, are MISSING]. Unbound copy (headbands preserved), lower margin of folio a3 torn with a significant loss but no damage to the text, some light foxing and marginal water stains, a few underlinings and old handwritten marginal notes in brown ink. RARE INCUNABULUM EDITION of the "GOLDEN LEGEND" printed in Lyon around 1490, with only 5 COPIES listed in public collections, including 3 in France (Paris [incomplete], Troyes, and Vesoul), one in the United Kingdom (Cambridge), and one in the United States (Ann Arbor, University of Michigan). Latin text in Gothic type, set in two columns of 46 lines. The volume contains two PAINTED INITIALS in red and blue on folio A5. A copy with a fresh block, unfortunately INCOMPLETE by 8 folios. AS IS. ¶ Goff, J-127 - ISTC No. ij00127000 - Copinger, II-6396.
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