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Auction archive: Lot number 81

Four printed leaves from the 15th century

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
US$240
Auction archive: Lot number 81

Four printed leaves from the 15th century

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
US$240
Beschreibung:

Comprising: Leaf from Biblia Latina Gospel of Matthew. Nicolas Jenson, Venice, 1479. Leaf q. 21.2x15 cm (8¼x6"). (Affixed at corners with mounting tape to backing sheet). Leaf from Legenda Aurea Sanctorum (The Golden Legend) printed by Antonio de Strata in Venice, 1480. Initial and paragraphs rubricated by hand. Matted with tape from reverse. 28.5x20.5 cm (11¼x8"). Leaf from the Works of Horace printed by Antoniodi Batolommeo Miscomini in Florence, 1482. Commentary by Christophorus Landinus. Text in Latin with marginalia in an early hand. 26x19.5 cm (10¼x7¾"). Leaf from Council of Constance by Ulrich von Richenthal. Printed at Augsburg by Anton Sorg, 1483. Text in German. With a hand-colored woodcut initial. 24.8x19.2 cm (9¾x7½"). Printed leaves from the Incunable period include those from the Gospel of Matthew in Jenson's Biblia Latina, the Odes of Horace, first printed book of heraldry, and The Golden Legend.

Auction archive: Lot number 81
Auction:
Datum:
22 Oct 2020
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Comprising: Leaf from Biblia Latina Gospel of Matthew. Nicolas Jenson, Venice, 1479. Leaf q. 21.2x15 cm (8¼x6"). (Affixed at corners with mounting tape to backing sheet). Leaf from Legenda Aurea Sanctorum (The Golden Legend) printed by Antonio de Strata in Venice, 1480. Initial and paragraphs rubricated by hand. Matted with tape from reverse. 28.5x20.5 cm (11¼x8"). Leaf from the Works of Horace printed by Antoniodi Batolommeo Miscomini in Florence, 1482. Commentary by Christophorus Landinus. Text in Latin with marginalia in an early hand. 26x19.5 cm (10¼x7¾"). Leaf from Council of Constance by Ulrich von Richenthal. Printed at Augsburg by Anton Sorg, 1483. Text in German. With a hand-colored woodcut initial. 24.8x19.2 cm (9¾x7½"). Printed leaves from the Incunable period include those from the Gospel of Matthew in Jenson's Biblia Latina, the Odes of Horace, first printed book of heraldry, and The Golden Legend.

Auction archive: Lot number 81
Auction:
Datum:
22 Oct 2020
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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