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Auction archive: Lot number 376

Sweynheym and Pannartz and the Origins of Printing in Italy: German Technology and Italian Humanism in Renaissance Rome

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
US$562
Auction archive: Lot number 376

Sweynheym and Pannartz and the Origins of Printing in Italy: German Technology and Italian Humanism in Renaissance Rome

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
US$562
Beschreibung:

(Incunabula - Leaf Books) Sweynheym and Pannartz and the Origins of Printing in Italy: German Technology and Italian Humanism in Renaissance Rome Author: Hall, Edwin Place Published: [McMinnville, OR] Publisher: Bird & Bull Press for Phillip J. Pirages Date Published: 1991 Description: 128 pp. Morocco-backed marbled boards. Leaf and volume housed together in a folding cloth case, printed paper spine label. No. 148 of 275 copies. The present leaf from the from 1471 printing of Nicholas de Lyra's Postilla super totam Bibliam has a 2-line initial in blue, pencil-numbered "131". Sweynheym and Pannartz were the earliest printers outside Germany. With prospectus and other material laid in. A handsome production. Condition: Slipcase spine sunned, light wear, slight spotting to leaf; overall near fine. Item#: 350876 Headline: Bird & Bull leaf book 1471 Lyra Postilla super totam Bibliam

Auction archive: Lot number 376
Auction:
Datum:
24 Aug 2023
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:

(Incunabula - Leaf Books) Sweynheym and Pannartz and the Origins of Printing in Italy: German Technology and Italian Humanism in Renaissance Rome Author: Hall, Edwin Place Published: [McMinnville, OR] Publisher: Bird & Bull Press for Phillip J. Pirages Date Published: 1991 Description: 128 pp. Morocco-backed marbled boards. Leaf and volume housed together in a folding cloth case, printed paper spine label. No. 148 of 275 copies. The present leaf from the from 1471 printing of Nicholas de Lyra's Postilla super totam Bibliam has a 2-line initial in blue, pencil-numbered "131". Sweynheym and Pannartz were the earliest printers outside Germany. With prospectus and other material laid in. A handsome production. Condition: Slipcase spine sunned, light wear, slight spotting to leaf; overall near fine. Item#: 350876 Headline: Bird & Bull leaf book 1471 Lyra Postilla super totam Bibliam

Auction archive: Lot number 376
Auction:
Datum:
24 Aug 2023
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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