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AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (354-430). Explanatio psalmorum. Venice: Bernardinus Benalius, 4 August 1493.
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AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (354-430). Explanatio psalmorum. Venice: Bernardinus Benalius, 4 August 1493.
Third edition of one of St Augustine's chief exegetical works. HC(Add) *1973; GW 2910; BMC V 374; IGI 998 = 8139; Bod-inc A-549; BSB-Ink A-884; Goff A-1273.
Median folio (330 x 218mm). Illuminated initial opening text in blue on punched gold ground, floral border with silver balls in lower margin, other initials in red, without the printer’s device found in some copies (small wormholes in first 4-5 quires at beginning and end touching some letters, other scattered worming mostly marginal). Contemporary blue-dyed doeskin over wooden boards, later paper spine label (worn). Provenance: Au, Augustinian Canons Regular (17th-century inscription, later bookplate).
Third edition of one of St Augustine's chief exegetical works. HC(Add) *1973; GW 2910; BMC V 374; IGI 998 = 8139; Bod-inc A-549; BSB-Ink A-884; Goff A-1273.
Median folio (330 x 218mm). Illuminated initial opening text in blue on punched gold ground, floral border with silver balls in lower margin, other initials in red, without the printer’s device found in some copies (small wormholes in first 4-5 quires at beginning and end touching some letters, other scattered worming mostly marginal). Contemporary blue-dyed doeskin over wooden boards, later paper spine label (worn). Provenance: Au, Augustinian Canons Regular (17th-century inscription, later bookplate).
AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (354-430). Explanatio psalmorum. Venice: Bernardinus Benalius, 4 August 1493.
Third edition of one of St Augustine's chief exegetical works. HC(Add) *1973; GW 2910; BMC V 374; IGI 998 = 8139; Bod-inc A-549; BSB-Ink A-884; Goff A-1273.
Median folio (330 x 218mm). Illuminated initial opening text in blue on punched gold ground, floral border with silver balls in lower margin, other initials in red, without the printer’s device found in some copies (small wormholes in first 4-5 quires at beginning and end touching some letters, other scattered worming mostly marginal). Contemporary blue-dyed doeskin over wooden boards, later paper spine label (worn). Provenance: Au, Augustinian Canons Regular (17th-century inscription, later bookplate).
Third edition of one of St Augustine's chief exegetical works. HC(Add) *1973; GW 2910; BMC V 374; IGI 998 = 8139; Bod-inc A-549; BSB-Ink A-884; Goff A-1273.
Median folio (330 x 218mm). Illuminated initial opening text in blue on punched gold ground, floral border with silver balls in lower margin, other initials in red, without the printer’s device found in some copies (small wormholes in first 4-5 quires at beginning and end touching some letters, other scattered worming mostly marginal). Contemporary blue-dyed doeskin over wooden boards, later paper spine label (worn). Provenance: Au, Augustinian Canons Regular (17th-century inscription, later bookplate).
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