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Lucianus Samosatensis
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description
- Lucianus Samosatensis
- Vera historia [translated by Lilius (Tifernas) Castellanus]; De asino aureo; Philosophorum vitae; Scipio; Tyrannus; Scaphidium (Dialogus de funerali pompa); Palinurus; Charon; Diogenes; Terpsion; Hercules; Virtus dea; In amorem; Timon; Sermo de calumnia; Laus muscae [edited by Benedetto Bordon]; Maphaeus Vegius, De felicitate et miseria. Venice: Simon Bevilaqua for Benedetto Bordon, 25 August 1494
- Paper
4to (199 x 150mm.), 112 leaves, a8 b4 c-g8 h4 i-p8, 29 lines, roman type, 3- to 5-line initial spaces (some with printed guides), white-on-black woodcut border on a2, old wooden boards with later calf spine, annotations in various hands (particularly on first and last leaves), some staining to lower corner of leaves, leaf a2 with woodcut border folded at foot to preserve border, lower board cracked and repaired, upper joint cracked
Provenance
Extract from an early twentienth-century French catalogue pasted to inside front cover
Literature
Goff L329; HC 10261; BMC v 519; Bod-inc L-177; BSB-Ink L244; Sander 4037; GW M19059; Lilian Armstrong, "Benedetto Bordon, Miniator, and cartography in early sixteenth-century Venice", Imago Mundi 48 (1996), 65-92
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE 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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
This edition contains a fine woodcut border all'antica designed by the "Master of the Herodotus Border" (named for the 1494 Venice Herodotus, with a more elaborate border) which was only used in this book. Benedetto Bordon (or Bordone), the editor who is mentioned at the end of the book as "Benedictus miniator", is more famous as an artist and illuminator of books; indeed, the copy of this work in the Austrian National Library has illuminations by Bordon. The woodcut border has been attributed to him (by Lilian Armstrong) and to Stefano Pellegrini.
For another book with woodcuts by Bordon, see lot 41 (the Giunta Graduale of 1499).