Platina, Bartholomaeus
VITAE PONTIFICUM
Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis, Treviso: 1485
- $6,000
Folio. Complete with 136 leaves including the final blank. A wide margined copy. Capital letters unrubricated. Original Italian oak boards, with later sheep spine with two black morocco spine labels, spine worn and lower 2 inches of front and back hinge cracked, but quite sound overall. Remnants of fore-edge clasps (clasps lacking). Last leaves with small inner marginal stains. Some occasional light dampstains or foxing. Title in a contemporary hand on rear oak board and fore-edge. Housed in a rust cloth folding box with morocco spine label. A very influential and popular reference work for centuries. Platina (d. 1481), the librarian of the Vatican, wrote the first medieval chronicle of the papacy, in effect, the official history of the Roman Pontiffs. It was first printed in 1479. Our edition is the third printed. The printer, Johannes Vercellensis, is usually associated with Venice, but he printed 9 books (per the ISTC) in Treviso, starting in 1480. This edition includes the biography of Pope Joan unexpurgated, on leaf gIII. Goff P770; BUC VI 897; HC 13048*. ISTC ip00770000. This edition includes the biography of Pope Joan unexpurgated, on leaf gIII. Goff P770; BUC VI 897; HC 13048*. ISTC ip00770000.
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