A Rare Incunable: The Sermons of Girolamo Savonarola
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A Rare Incunable: The Sermons of Girolamo Savonarola
Girolamo Savonarola. PREDICHE DEL 1497 SOPRA L'ESODO RACCOLTE DA LORENZO VIVOLI. [Firenze: Antonio Tubini, and Domenico Ghirlandi, ca. 1505-1508.] Full vellum. Folio; a8 b10; 18 leaves. Roman type; text in Italian. ISTC is00260500; USTC 991239.
10 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.
An early printed book of Girolamo Savonarola's sermons of 1497, the same year the well-known Renaissance preacher was excommunicated by the pope and a year before his execution.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.lelandlittle.com
Girolamo Savonarola. PREDICHE DEL 1497 SOPRA L'ESODO RACCOLTE DA LORENZO VIVOLI. [Firenze: Antonio Tubini, and Domenico Ghirlandi, ca. 1505-1508.] Full vellum. Folio; a8 b10; 18 leaves. Roman type; text in Italian. ISTC is00260500; USTC 991239.
10 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.
An early printed book of Girolamo Savonarola's sermons of 1497, the same year the well-known Renaissance preacher was excommunicated by the pope and a year before his execution.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.lelandlittle.com
Condition
Vellum with typical marks, small stains, and discoloration due to age, slight warping; pages lightly toned with foxing and occasional grime or small stain, (2) pages with marginalia, one leaf with thinned paper at corner, several small wormhole repairs, last several leaves with small area of damp staining at outer margin, small amount of cracking at hinge yet binding still very sturdy, modern endpapers. Extremely rare; USTC lists (9) copies, WorldCat lists only (2).
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A Rare Incunable: The Sermons of Girolamo Savonarola
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