Language: Latin
Published by Leonardum Pachel, Mediolani [Milan], 1493
Seller: Kurtz Rare Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
Mariale de excelle[n]tiis regine celi. De Busti, Bernardus. Impressum Mediolani [Milan] Per Magistrum Leonardum Pachel. Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXXIII, die xxi Maij [21 May 1493]. 388 leaves, 58 lines and headline, double column, gothic type, decorative woodcut initials, 63 woodcut illustrations (three subjects repeated: Virgin and Child on black ground; the same on white ground; the Annunciation), printer's device at end, scattered damp spots to title, early blind-stamped calf over boards, rebacked preserving most of the original spine, a couple of small worm holes on covers, remains of ties still intact. [ISTC ib01333000; BMC VI 779; Goff B1333; GW 5804; HCR 4160], 4to (200 x 138mm.), [Milan, Leonardus Pachel, 21 May, 1493] Footnotes A series of treatises on aspects of Marian theology by the Milanese Minoriet Bernardinus de Busti (c.1450-c.1513). Provenance: Abbey of Saints Flora and Lucilla, Arezzo, inscriptions on title and a2; Bath Public Library (withdrawn), bookplate inside upper cover, small ink stamp on blank verso of title and blank area beneath colophon.