Lot n° 237

(Religion, Bible) - Sadoleto, Jacopo.- Interpretatio in Psalmum miserere mei Deus. Haganoae [Hagenau], per Johan. Secerium, 1526. In-8° : [35] lvs (handwritten notes, stamp and label on the title-page, light dampstains, foxing in some margins). 19th...

Estimation : 120 / 150
Adjudication : 130 €
Description
Century binding : half green cloth, marbled paper boards, flat spine, brown sprinkled edges (label on the upper pastedown). Early post-incunabulum of the Psalm 51 referred as the "Miserere" edited by Sadoleto (14771547), cardinal and bishop of Carpentras who helped in the preparations of the Council of Trent. Sadoleto was a dedicated servant to papacy and was involved in the negociations between Francis I and Charles V leading to The truce of Nice in 1538. He also tried to win back the Protestants by persuasion and presenting the catholic religion under a conciliatory form. With a historiated initial letter and the printer's mark (?) at the last page. # VD16 S-1266; # USTC 664823; # Adams S-70 (ed. 1525); # Contemporaries of Erasmus II-183/188; # not in Machiels nor in Soltész. ^ Texte du Psaume 51 , dit "Miserere", commenté par l'évêque de Carpentras Sadoleto. Demi-toile du 19e s. (claires mouill., rouss. dans qqs marges).
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