ANTONINUS FLORENTINUS (1389-1459). Chronicon, partes I-III . Nuremberg: Anton Koberger 31 July 1484. 3 volumes, royal 2° (374 x 265mm). Collation: I: [1-2 6 3-6 8 7-37 6 38 6 ] (1/1 blank, 1/2r chapter summaries for pt. I, 2/6 blank, 3/1r prologue, 3/2r title list, 3/3r text part I, 37/6 blank, 38/1 index to pt. I, 38/6 blank); II: [1-2 6 3 8 4-43 6 ] (1/1 blank, 1/2r chapter summaries to pt. II, 2/6-3/1 blank, 3/2r title list, 3/3r part II, 43/1r index to pt. II, 43/6 blank); III: [1-2 6 3 8 4-43 6 44 10 45 6 ] (1/1 blank, 1/2r chapter summaries to pt. III, 2/6-3/1 blank, 3/2r title list, 3/3r part III, 44/10r colophon, 44/10v blank, 45/1r index to pt. III, 45/5-6 blank). 232 (of 236, without blanks 1/1, 2/6, 37/6, and 38/6); 256 (of 260, without blanks 1/1, 2/6, 3/1 and 43/6; quires misbound in following order: 1-3/7, 34-43, 23-33, 15-22, 3/8-14); 272 (of 276, without blanks 1/1, 3/1, 45/5-6; quire 45 bound at end of vol. II) leaves. 68 lines and headline, double column. Type: 8:84G (text), 9:165G (headlines and headings). CONTEMPORARY NUREMBERG ILLUMINATION: 20-line initials opening each book in burnished gold with punched decoration on magenta or pink ground with white decoration, fictive frame of blue, green, white or lilac staves, 11-line initial opening prologue in blue with white modelling on burnished gold ground with punched decoration within fictive frame, 3- to 4-line initials alternating in red or blue, paragraph marks and capital strokes in red. (Vol. III with tear in 2 lvs. with slight loss and with small wormholes in first and final several lvs.) 19th-century sheep, gilt spines, red sprinkled edges (scuffed, lightly restored). Provenance : some contemporary marginal annotations -- Weissenau, Praemonstratensian monastery (17th-century inscriptions) -- Gorheim, Jesuits (cancelled rubber stamps) -- Feldkirch, Jesuits (cancelled rubber stamps) -- Zürich, City Library (rubber stamps). FIRST EDITION of Antoninus's compendium of history, presented through a series of examples of righteous living. It extends from the ancient to the modern world, with the most modern examples drawn from Antoninus's contemporaries, Poggio Bracciolini and Leonardo Bruni. HC *1159; GW 2072; BMC II, 426 (IC. 7320); BSB A-563; IDL 327; IGI 608; Pellechet 813; Polain(B) 234; Goff A-778. (3)
ANTONINUS FLORENTINUS (1389-1459). Chronicon, partes I-III . Nuremberg: Anton Koberger 31 July 1484. 3 volumes, royal 2° (374 x 265mm). Collation: I: [1-2 6 3-6 8 7-37 6 38 6 ] (1/1 blank, 1/2r chapter summaries for pt. I, 2/6 blank, 3/1r prologue, 3/2r title list, 3/3r text part I, 37/6 blank, 38/1 index to pt. I, 38/6 blank); II: [1-2 6 3 8 4-43 6 ] (1/1 blank, 1/2r chapter summaries to pt. II, 2/6-3/1 blank, 3/2r title list, 3/3r part II, 43/1r index to pt. II, 43/6 blank); III: [1-2 6 3 8 4-43 6 44 10 45 6 ] (1/1 blank, 1/2r chapter summaries to pt. III, 2/6-3/1 blank, 3/2r title list, 3/3r part III, 44/10r colophon, 44/10v blank, 45/1r index to pt. III, 45/5-6 blank). 232 (of 236, without blanks 1/1, 2/6, 37/6, and 38/6); 256 (of 260, without blanks 1/1, 2/6, 3/1 and 43/6; quires misbound in following order: 1-3/7, 34-43, 23-33, 15-22, 3/8-14); 272 (of 276, without blanks 1/1, 3/1, 45/5-6; quire 45 bound at end of vol. II) leaves. 68 lines and headline, double column. Type: 8:84G (text), 9:165G (headlines and headings). CONTEMPORARY NUREMBERG ILLUMINATION: 20-line initials opening each book in burnished gold with punched decoration on magenta or pink ground with white decoration, fictive frame of blue, green, white or lilac staves, 11-line initial opening prologue in blue with white modelling on burnished gold ground with punched decoration within fictive frame, 3- to 4-line initials alternating in red or blue, paragraph marks and capital strokes in red. (Vol. III with tear in 2 lvs. with slight loss and with small wormholes in first and final several lvs.) 19th-century sheep, gilt spines, red sprinkled edges (scuffed, lightly restored). Provenance : some contemporary marginal annotations -- Weissenau, Praemonstratensian monastery (17th-century inscriptions) -- Gorheim, Jesuits (cancelled rubber stamps) -- Feldkirch, Jesuits (cancelled rubber stamps) -- Zürich, City Library (rubber stamps). FIRST EDITION of Antoninus's compendium of history, presented through a series of examples of righteous living. It extends from the ancient to the modern world, with the most modern examples drawn from Antoninus's contemporaries, Poggio Bracciolini and Leonardo Bruni. HC *1159; GW 2072; BMC II, 426 (IC. 7320); BSB A-563; IDL 327; IGI 608; Pellechet 813; Polain(B) 234; Goff A-778. (3)
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