[Sanctus ANTONINUS].- Defecerunt vulghare. [Confessionale del frate Antonio, archiveschono Fiorentino]. (Firenze, per Francescho Di Dino), [c. 1492]. In-8° : [172 (of 174)] lvs (lf. [5] and last lf. -both blank- lacking, lack in the title except the...
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first sentence "Defecerunt vulghare", the rest restored with pen with a datation error, some pale dampstains in the second half, mould in rare upper corners, some margins and corners repaired in the end, 19th Cent. handwritten foliotation). Bound by Lanne : threequarter blue shagreen, marbled paper boards encircled with two gilt fillets, gilt decorated ribbed spine, gilt edges (upper joint partly split, partly and slightly rubbed, corners dulled, various handwritten notes in French on the upper flyleaf).
Florentine edition in Italian of this manual for confessors printed around 1492 according to most of the bibliographies or before 1491 (BMC) and not in 1472 as written with pen on the title-page. The printer Francesco Di Dino was active in Florence between 1481 and 1497 confirming the common hypothesis. The Dominican friar and Archbishop of Florence Antoninus (1389-1459) created the oratory of the "Buonomini di San Martino" and was canonised in 1523. This work, meant to support the clergy in their interrogation of the common people, was often reprinted until the 17th Century. # BMC VI-634 (in-4°); # Polain 260 (id.); # Goff A835 (id.); # Stillwell A742 (id.); # Hain 1210; # ISTC ia00835000 (id.); # GW 2141 (id.); # USTC 997695 (id.). ▲ Provenance : Dmitri-Petrowitsch, count Boutourlin (1763-1829) was one of the biggest Russian collectors of the 19th Century. He lost his first library during the Fire of Moscow in 1812 and then recreated another collection in Florence (emblazoned exlibris); Henry Cochin (1854-1926), French deputy and specialist in the Italian Renaissance history and literature (id.). fl Edizione fiorentina in italiano di questo manuale di confessione di Santo Antonino. Mezzo zigrino blu con angoli di Lanne (f. [5] e ultimo foglio -entrambi bianchi- mancanti, frontespizio parz. doppiato, alcuni angoli e margini restaurati, morso sup. parz. spaccato). fl Édition fiorentine en italien de ce manuel de confession de Saint Antonin de Florence. Relié par Lanne en demi-chagrin bleu à coins (f. [5] et dernier f. -tous deux blancs-manquants, titre part. manquant restauré, qqs coins et marges restaurés, mors sup. part. fendu).
Florentine edition in Italian of this manual for confessors printed around 1492 according to most of the bibliographies or before 1491 (BMC) and not in 1472 as written with pen on the title-page. The printer Francesco Di Dino was active in Florence between 1481 and 1497 confirming the common hypothesis. The Dominican friar and Archbishop of Florence Antoninus (1389-1459) created the oratory of the "Buonomini di San Martino" and was canonised in 1523. This work, meant to support the clergy in their interrogation of the common people, was often reprinted until the 17th Century. # BMC VI-634 (in-4°); # Polain 260 (id.); # Goff A835 (id.); # Stillwell A742 (id.); # Hain 1210; # ISTC ia00835000 (id.); # GW 2141 (id.); # USTC 997695 (id.). ▲ Provenance : Dmitri-Petrowitsch, count Boutourlin (1763-1829) was one of the biggest Russian collectors of the 19th Century. He lost his first library during the Fire of Moscow in 1812 and then recreated another collection in Florence (emblazoned exlibris); Henry Cochin (1854-1926), French deputy and specialist in the Italian Renaissance history and literature (id.). fl Edizione fiorentina in italiano di questo manuale di confessione di Santo Antonino. Mezzo zigrino blu con angoli di Lanne (f. [5] e ultimo foglio -entrambi bianchi- mancanti, frontespizio parz. doppiato, alcuni angoli e margini restaurati, morso sup. parz. spaccato). fl Édition fiorentine en italien de ce manuel de confession de Saint Antonin de Florence. Relié par Lanne en demi-chagrin bleu à coins (f. [5] et dernier f. -tous deux blancs-manquants, titre part. manquant restauré, qqs coins et marges restaurés, mors sup. part. fendu).
