63 - LAURENT JUSTINIEN (Saint).

LAURENT JUSTINIEN (Saint). D. Laurentii Justiniani Protopatriarchae Veneti opera & vita religiosissima ; cum duplici indice, Castigatius reposita. [Paris], Josse Bade, 1524. Fort in-4 of [8]-CCCCCXXVII ff. Cold-stamped brown calf with clasps. Contemporary binding worn and missing, much restored (rebacked). A rare and beautiful edition of the works of St. Lorenzo Giustiniani (1380-1456), bishop of Castello and first patriarch of Venice; a great reformer, he was also responsible for important mystical works. Title printed in black and red in a fine historiated Renaissance frame and with the fine mark of the printer-librarian and great humanist Josse Bade (c. 1462-1535). After studying in Ghent and Louvain, he lived and studied in Italy, teaching in Valence, then from 1492 to 1498 in Lyon, where he worked as a proofreader for Jean Trechsel, whose daughter-in-law he married. In 1499, he moved to Paris, where he opened his own printing workshop in 1503. Humanist and university professor of belles-lettres; author of several works and intellectual editor of over 110 texts. Father of printer-librarian Conrad Bade and father-in-law of printer-librarians Robert I Estienne, Jean de Roigny, Michel de Vascosan and Jacques I Du Puis. (source data.bnf.) Period bookplate on title in brown ink, repeated at the end of the table and on the colophon. Few blemishes and restorations, generally good condition inside, with good margins (330 x 215 mm).