(Religion) - Ens. 2 ouvr. en 1 vol. in-4° - Pope Leo I.- Sermones q[uam] diligentissime nuperrime castigati [...]. Parisius [Paris], venumda[n]tur ajoanne Parvo (imp[en]ssus [...] Bertholdu[m] Re[m]bolt), (2 martii 1515). Small in-4° :...
Estimation :
500 / 600
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
[4]-cviii-[8] lvs (inner margins of 1st lvs reinforced, small marginal dampstains, margins cut short with some loss of marginalia, ancient handwritten annotations, some worming in 1st quires, some minor lacks of paper, some errors in pagination without loss, tear in lf. 35, upper corners of lvs rounded). Modern binding : calf, ribbed spine, red edges (endleaves renewed). Beautiful copy with notes in a very small, neat and ancient handwritting. Decorated with a red and black title-page, a beautiful woodcut and ornamental initials. # Adams L-454; # Machiels L-166; # not in STC French. Bound with : Leonis pape hoc est pontificis maximi & sanctissimi epistolae catholicae [...]. [Paris], Joanne Parvo & earu[m] impressore Jodoco Badio Ascensio, (1511), cxxiii lvs (last blank lf. missing, large dampstain, margins of last lvs slightly damaged, inner margin of last lf. reinforced). Nice copy with the printer's mark of Jean Petit on the title- page instead of the one of Badius like the copies mentionned in the bibliographies. # Renouard, Badius, III-7; # Machiels L-165; # STC French 262; # not in Adams. • Two nice Parisian post-incunables of the sermons and letters by Pope Leo I (5th c.). This Roman aristocrat was the 1st pope who was given the epithet "the Great" and besides Gregorius I (540-604), the most important pope of Christian antiquity. He was a leading figure in the centralisation of the organisation of the Roman Catholic Church which is reflected in this selected works, like for example in the letters to Eutyches and Flavian. ▲ Provenance : Hingerus (handwritten inscription); Studiehuis minderbroeders Nijmegen (stamp, passim). ^ Belle réunion de deux beaux post-incunables parisiens dont le premier, en caractères gothiques, est truffé de notes d'une petite écriture très ordonnée. Plein veau moderne.
