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Nicolaus de Lyra
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
Postilla super totam Bibliam (with Additiones of Paulus Burgensis). [Strassburg: Johann Mentelin] (not after 20 July), 1472
Royal folio, vols. II and III only, of 4 (16 1/8 × 11 1/2 in.; 409 × 292 mm [vol. II; vol. III slightly smaller]). Type 5:92B. Double column, 62 lines. Initial spaces, spaces for illustrations in vol. III (not supplied). collation: Vol. II (Psalms): 44–4710; 48–5310 5412; 55–5710 588 596: 155 of 156 leaves (being fols. 408–563 of the full edition), lacking only blank fol. 156 (stub preserved). Vol. III (Proverbs-2 Maccabees): 60–6110 62–658; 66–6710 68–698 706; 71–7210 738 74–7510 76–778; 788 796; 80–8110 828 83–8610 8712 888 8910; 90–9110 92–948 956 (+5* aquilonis); 96–9710 98–1018: 372 of 373 leaves (being fols. 564–936 of the full edition), lacking only blank fol. 373. Vol. II rubricated red (lombard initials, capital strokes, underlining and bracketing to mark out the lemmata), headlines not supplied. Vol. III finely rubricated (red lombard initials, some with reserved white patterns; several major initials in red and dark green with infill and extensions of high quality; paragraph marks and capital strokes). Vol. II in contemporary pigskin Kopfstempel tools (applied over green pigment) over unbevelled wooden boards, edges light yellow-stained, formerly chained. Vol. III in contemporary reversed leather, undecorated, brass bosses and angle corners, edges plain. The two flyleaves are vellum bifolia of a well-written liturgical book (Breviary?), its texts relating to Palm Sunday: the passion story from John 16, and three antiphons (Cum appropinquaret dominus iheroslimam misit duos ex discipulis suis ...; Cum audisset populus quia ihesus uenit iherosoliman acceperunt ramos palmarum ...; and Pueri hebreorum uestimenta prosternabant in uia ...). Both volumes overall in fine condition.
Royal folio, vols. II and III only, of 4 (16 1/8 × 11 1/2 in.; 409 × 292 mm [vol. II; vol. III slightly smaller]). Type 5:92B. Double column, 62 lines. Initial spaces, spaces for illustrations in vol. III (not supplied). collation: Vol. II (Psalms): 44–4710; 48–5310 5412; 55–5710 588 596: 155 of 156 leaves (being fols. 408–563 of the full edition), lacking only blank fol. 156 (stub preserved). Vol. III (Proverbs-2 Maccabees): 60–6110 62–658; 66–6710 68–698 706; 71–7210 738 74–7510 76–778; 788 796; 80–8110 828 83–8610 8712 888 8910; 90–9110 92–948 956 (+5* aquilonis); 96–9710 98–1018: 372 of 373 leaves (being fols. 564–936 of the full edition), lacking only blank fol. 373. Vol. II rubricated red (lombard initials, capital strokes, underlining and bracketing to mark out the lemmata), headlines not supplied. Vol. III finely rubricated (red lombard initials, some with reserved white patterns; several major initials in red and dark green with infill and extensions of high quality; paragraph marks and capital strokes). Vol. II in contemporary pigskin Kopfstempel tools (applied over green pigment) over unbevelled wooden boards, edges light yellow-stained, formerly chained. Vol. III in contemporary reversed leather, undecorated, brass bosses and angle corners, edges plain. The two flyleaves are vellum bifolia of a well-written liturgical book (Breviary?), its texts relating to Palm Sunday: the passion story from John 16, and three antiphons (Cum appropinquaret dominus iheroslimam misit duos ex discipulis suis ...; Cum audisset populus quia ihesus uenit iherosoliman acceperunt ramos palmarum ...; and Pueri hebreorum uestimenta prosternabant in uia ...). Both volumes overall in fine condition.
Provenance
Vol. II: A coat of arms (rubbed) in the first initial — Baumburg, Augustinian convent — Munich State Library duplicate. Note: volume I of the same provenance was sold in our rooms, 19 June 2008, lot 75. Vol. III: Benedictines of St. Maximin of Trier ("Ex libris Imperialis Monasterij S. Maximinj" and three other ownership inscriptions)
Literature
Goff N-133; H 10366*; BMC I 56 (IC.574); BSB-Ink. N-111; Bod-inc. N-57
Condition
Postilla super totam Bibliam (with Additiones of Paulus Burgensis). [Strassburg: Johann Mentelin] (not after 20 July), 1472
Royal folio, vols. II and III only, of 4 (16 1/8 × 11 1/2 in.; 409 × 292 mm [vol. II; vol. III slightly smaller]). Type 5:92B. Double column, 62 lines. Initial spaces, spaces for illustrations in vol. III (not supplied). collation: Vol. II (Psalms): 44–4710; 48–5310 5412; 55–5710 588 596: 155 of 156 leaves (being fols. 408–563 of the full edition), lacking only blank fol. 156 (stub preserved). Vol. III (Proverbs-2 Maccabees): 60–6110 62–658; 66–6710 68–698 706; 71–7210 738 74–7510 76–778; 788 796; 80–8110 828 83–8610 8712 888 8910; 90–9110 92–948 956 (+5* aquilonis); 96–9710 98–1018: 372 of 373 leaves (being fols. 564–936 of the full edition), lacking only blank fol. 373. Vol. II rubricated red (lombard initials, capital strokes, underlining and bracketing to mark out the lemmata), headlines not supplied. Vol. III finely rubricated (red lombard initials, some with reserved white patterns; several major initials in red and dark green with infill and extensions of high quality; paragraph marks and capital strokes). Vol. II in contemporary pigskin Kopfstempel tools (applied over green pigment) over unbevelled wooden boards, edges light yellow-stained, formerly chained. Vol. III in contemporary reversed leather, undecorated, brass bosses and angle corners, edges plain. The two flyleaves are vellum bifolia of a well-written liturgical book (Breviary?), its texts relating to Palm Sunday: the passion story from John 16, and three antiphons (Cum appropinquaret dominus iheroslimam misit duos ex discipulis suis ...; Cum audisset populus quia ihesus uenit iherosoliman acceperunt ramos palmarum ...; and Pueri hebreorum uestimenta prosternabant in uia ...). Both volumes overall in fine condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Second edition presumably, closely overlapping in time with the first edition printed Rome: Sweynheym and Pannartz, 18 November 1471–26 May 1472 (Goff N-131). Several copies of Mentelin's edition have purchase or rubrication dates of 1472; one or two copies have the printed date 1472 on the last text page; and the copy in the Seminary Library, Rottenburg am Neckar, has a purchase date of 20 July 1472 (Hummel-Wilhelmi 455). Sweynheym and Pannartz's edition included only the Postilla of the Franciscan Nicholas of Lyra (d.1349). Mentelin's edition added the Additiones of Paul of Burgos alias Paulus de Sancta Maria (d.1435), a converted Jew, author also of the Scrutinium scripturarum of which Mentelin produced the editio princeps, not after 1470 (Goff P-201).