VIGERIUS, MARCUS (1446-1516). Decachordum Christianum. Corrected by Guido de Sancto Leone and Francisco Armillino. Fano (Hieronymus Soncinus) 10 August 1507. Folio (about 302x195 mm). Collation: aa8 a10 b-z8 &8 A10 B-E8 F10 AA-BB8 = 270 leaves. Author's coat-of-arms on title within woodcut border signed by F.V., 10 full-page cuts, probably metal, most signed "F.V.", one signed "L". within one of two repeated woodcut borders, 35 smaller cuts from 27 blocks illustrating the life of Christ, all but two in criblé style. 17th century green morocco on wooden bewelled boards, blind-tooled decor, spine in compartments with gilt title, upper joint partly split and upper cover partly loose, first endpaper and first free endpaper loose, somewhat rubbed, more to spine, gilt edges. Antiquarian cut mounted on endpaper. Title with some minor staining and small repair to margin, owner's notes in the middle. Some dampstaining to the last 7 leaves, some very slight spotting, a few stains, generally very crisp. Adams V-746; Brunet V, 126. First edition. Vigerius joined the Franciscan order while his great uncle, the future Pope Sixtus IV, was general of the order, and it was to Sixtus IV that he owed his advancement, being made bishop of Senigallia in 1476, governor of Castel Sant'Angelo, and a cardinal in 1505. Vigerius returned to his studies in 1506, producing the Decachordum, a treatise on asceticism following the life of the Holy Family, which he dedicated to his cousin, the humanist Pope Julius II. A learned humanist himself, Vigerius was known to Erasmus as a defender of Lefèvre (Contemporaries of Erasmus III, p.392). Soncino, first printer at Fano, was one of a family of itinerant printers active in Soncino, Naples, Brescia, Barco, Pesaro, Constantinople and other towns, and famous for their printing of Hebrew books. The Decachordum is considered one of Soncino's finest books.
VIGERIUS, MARCUS (1446-1516). Decachordum Christianum. Corrected by Guido de Sancto Leone and Francisco Armillino. Fano (Hieronymus Soncinus) 10 August 1507. Folio (about 302x195 mm). Collation: aa8 a10 b-z8 &8 A10 B-E8 F10 AA-BB8 = 270 leaves. Author's coat-of-arms on title within woodcut border signed by F.V., 10 full-page cuts, probably metal, most signed "F.V.", one signed "L". within one of two repeated woodcut borders, 35 smaller cuts from 27 blocks illustrating the life of Christ, all but two in criblé style. 17th century green morocco on wooden bewelled boards, blind-tooled decor, spine in compartments with gilt title, upper joint partly split and upper cover partly loose, first endpaper and first free endpaper loose, somewhat rubbed, more to spine, gilt edges. Antiquarian cut mounted on endpaper. Title with some minor staining and small repair to margin, owner's notes in the middle. Some dampstaining to the last 7 leaves, some very slight spotting, a few stains, generally very crisp. Adams V-746; Brunet V, 126. First edition. Vigerius joined the Franciscan order while his great uncle, the future Pope Sixtus IV, was general of the order, and it was to Sixtus IV that he owed his advancement, being made bishop of Senigallia in 1476, governor of Castel Sant'Angelo, and a cardinal in 1505. Vigerius returned to his studies in 1506, producing the Decachordum, a treatise on asceticism following the life of the Holy Family, which he dedicated to his cousin, the humanist Pope Julius II. A learned humanist himself, Vigerius was known to Erasmus as a defender of Lefèvre (Contemporaries of Erasmus III, p.392). Soncino, first printer at Fano, was one of a family of itinerant printers active in Soncino, Naples, Brescia, Barco, Pesaro, Constantinople and other towns, and famous for their printing of Hebrew books. The Decachordum is considered one of Soncino's finest books.
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