Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library Part V

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library Part V

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[Bible. Latin] Libri Regum IIII. Paralipomenon II. [etc.], Lyon, 1542, 2 volumes, Roman brown morocco for Pius V

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BIBLE. OLD TESTAMENT. LATIN. Libri Regum IIII. Paralipomenon II. Esdrae IIII. Tobiae I. Judith I. Esther I. Job I. Lyon: Sébastien Gryphe, 1542 [bound with:]


Libri prophetarum. Esaias. Hieremias. Baruch. Ezechiel. Daniel. Osee. Joel. Amos. Abdias. Jonas. Micheas. Nahum. Habacuc. Sophonias. Aggaeus. Zacharias. Malachias. Item Machabaeorum libri duo. Lyon: Sébastien Gryphe, 1542


Two volumes (from a set of six) of a small format bible in a fine binding made for Pius V, when he was still Cardinal of Santa Sabina. A very similar design of binding was made by the workshop of Maestro Luigi for the French king (Reliures royales de la Renaissance, item 27).

2 volumes, 16mo (114 x 73 mm). Roman type, 28 lines plus headline. collation: a-z8 A-Z8 2k-2y8; a-z8 2a-2z8 A-L8 M10: 472 + 466 leaves. Woodcut initials. (Some foxing throughout).


binding: Roman brown morocco gilt (117 x 85 mm), early 1560s, double gilt fillet around sides, gilt arabesque cornerpieces, row of gilt flame tools at head and tail of central panel, in centre of upper cover a cardinal's hat over a cartouche with painted arms of Michele Ghislieri, upper covers lettered in gilt "MICH•GISL•|CARD•S•SAB•", lower cover with an outer frame of repeated tool and a large central design of four cornerpieces joined together, spine with small gilt flower stamp in each compartment and title in gilt in top compartment, edges gilt and gauffered with title in ink along fore-edges. (Small areas of repair to boards).


provenance: Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri (1504-1572), Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina (14 April 1561-15 May 1565, later elected Pope Pius V in 1566), arms on binding — washed inkstamps on titles and final text leaves in each volume, plausibly Duchy of Modena censorship stamps (19th century) — Maurice Burrus (1882-1959), engraved bookplate, sale, Christie's, Maurice Burrus (1882-1959): la bibliothèque d'un homme de goût, Paris, 15 December 2015, lot 80. acquisition: Purchased at the preceding sale. references: USTC 157477 & 153679; von Gültlingen V: Gryphe 677 & 678