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Petrarca, Francesco
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- Opera latina [edited by Sebastian Brant]. Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1496
- Paper
Chancery folio (275 x 197mm.), 386 leaves (of 389), A8 B6 C8; A8 B-D6 E8 F4 a-f8.6 g10 h8 i-l6 m8 n-p6 q8; a8 b-c6; a10+1 b6 c8 d-e6 f-g8; aa8 bb10; A-K8.6 L8 M10; a6 b10; A8 B6 C8, F4 (De vera sapientia) bound after [2]c6 (Secretum), 55 lines plus headline, roman type, 2- to 3-line initials in red with silver overpainting, 5- to 8-line initials in blue, some early annotations, blind-stamped calf in period style over wooden boards by Claessens of Brussels, slipcase, some deckle edges, lacking [1]a1 and [3]A1 (both section titles) and final blank leaf, [3]A8 misbound before [3]A2, first few leaves soiled and repaired, [1]B4-5 torn into text without loss
Provenance
"Sum Canonicorum Regularium", inscription on aa1; manuscript bibliographical notes in French on flyleaf dated 1873; William O'Brien, bequest booklabel dated 1899
Literature
Goff P365; HC 12749; BMC iii 757; BSB-Ink P-276; Bod-inc P-149; GW M31505; Biblioteca Petrarchesca Reiner Speck III.3; Grosjean & O'Connell 89
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
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Johann Amerbach was active as a printer in Basel from 1478, and continued until his death in 1513. He had business links with other printers (to whom he lent types) and publishers, including Koberger in Nuremberg. Sebastian Brant, professor of law and poetry at Basel, was one of Amerbach's scholarly editors, and the text for this edition was partly supplied by Jakob Wimpfeling from an earlier printed edition; Amerbach had asked for the manuscript at Speyer Cathedral but in Wimpfeling's opinion the printed edition was more reliable, and he also arranged for Amerbach to borrow a copy of Petrarch from Johannes Trithemius of Sponheim (The Correspondence of Johann Amerbach, Ann Arbor, 2000, letters 34-36).
ISTC records nearly 300 copies.