Lot 87
  • 87

ANTIPHONARIUM, VENICE, GIUNTA, 1522, SPANISH CALF OVER THICK WOODEN BOARDS

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • [Antiphonarium secundum Curiam Romanam... revisum ac ordinatum per fratrem Hieronymum Cribellium]. (Venice: Lucantonio Giunta, 20 September 1522)
  • Paper
large folio (403 x 273mm.), printed in red and black throughout, printed music, woodcut initials and illustrations (one full-page), some text on E3v replaced in manuscript, sixteenth-century Spanish calf with plateresque blind tooling over thick wooden boards, brass corner- and centre bosses and single metal clasp (attached to upper cover), red edges, lacking title-page and final blank, some marginal paper repairs (that on F1 with sewing and slightly covering text), loss of a few letters on g1, occasional light staining from candle wax, occasional light browning, r1_8 browned, K1 torn and repaired, binding slightly rubbed

Literature

Censimento 16 CNCE 11114 (with the wrong pagination, which should be [22], 327ff.); cf. Sander 423 (1503 Giunta Antiphonal)

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."

Catalogue Note

A RARE ANTIPHONAL: only three copies are recorded by Censimento 16, in Faenza, Trento and Udine, and Worldcat has two entries, Oxford and Berlin. Benedetto Bordone is known to have produced woodcut illustrations for large liturgical works printed by Lucantonio Giunta around the turn of the sixteenth century. While these woodcuts are similar to those designed by Bordone, some of the cuts here are signed "Lunardus", who worked for Giunta in the 1520s. The large size typefaces were designed by Johann Emerich de Spira, who printed the earlier large format works for Giunta. The metalwork on the binding is very similar to that on another Giunta large format liturgical work, the Gradual of 1499 (sale, Sotheby's, 28 May 2015, lot 41, also with Spanish provenance).