Antoninus Florentinus, Trialogus, Venice, 1495, modern half leather

Antoninus Florentinus

Trialogus super evangelio de duobus discipulis euntibus in Emmaus [and other works]. Venice: Johannes Emericus, de Spira, for Lucantonia Giunta, 26 April 1495

8vo (151 x 98mm.), 150 leaves, a-h⁸ i¹⁰ k-r⁸ s¹², double column, 36 lines, gothic type, title-page and incipit on a2 printed in red, woodcut Giunta device on title-page and device of Emericus at end, woodcut initials and illustrations (including a full-page illustration on a2, otherwise blank), modern half calf over purple buckram boards, red edges, small wormholes in last few leaves

A volume of devotional works, by St Antonino of Florence, Battista dei Giudici, Umberto di Romans, Savonarola and others. The illustration on a2 depicts Christ and the pilgrims on the way to Emmaus.

LITERATURE:

ISTC ia00883000; Sander 450

PROVENANCE:

Benedictine monastery of St Godehard, Hildesheim, early inscription at foot of title-page; Ampleforth Abbey library, bookplate and ink stamp