Jacobus de Voragine, Mariale, Venice, 1497, modern tan calf

Jacobus de Voragine

Mariale. Venice: Simon de Luere for Lazarus de Suardis, 13 November 1497

part 4 only (of 4), 4to (208 x 141mm.), 72 leaves, a-i⁸, double column, 52 lines plus headline, gothic type, first leaf with woodcut of a bishop teaching a group of students with books, woodcut printer's device at end, modern tan calf blind-tooled in period style, some deckle edges, occasional light staining

A compilation of 160 alphabetically arranged words relating to the characteristics and virtues of the Virgin Mary, from abstinentia to vulnerata multis gladiis. This work formed the fourth and final part of a set of Jacobus de Voragine's sermons, printed by Soardi from August to November 1497, though it is often found separately.

A note on the lower cover states that this volume was damaged in the Florence Floods of November 1966 and subsequently repaired.

LITERATURE:

ISTC ij00202000 (all four parts, Sermones de tempore etc); Sander 7733