Tritheim, De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis, Paris, 1512, and other works, later half calf

Johann Tritheim, Jakob Wimpheling, Seneca and Pomponio Leto

A volume containing six works, 1487-1514, comprising:

JOHANN TRITHEIM. De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis. (Paris: Berthold Rembolt for Jean Petit, 16 October 1512), title-page printed in red and black, woodcut initials, red and silver initial-strokes, large wormhole in text of last few quires

JOHANN TRITHEIM. De laudibus sanctissimae Annae. Leipzig: Melchior Lotter, [c. 1500], 24 leaves, a-d⁸, gothic type, defective at lower corner throughout (rodent damage), title-page stained

JAKOB WIMPFELING. De vita et miraculis Joannis gerson. Defensio wymphelingii pro divo Joanne gerson. [Strassburg: Johann Prüss, 1506], 8 leaves, woodcut initial

SERMONES compositi super particulis antiphonae Salve regina. Alost: Thierry Martens, 9 July 1487, a-m⁶ n⁴, 40 lines, gothic type, initials in red and silver, a few annotations

LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA. De quattuor virtutibus cardinalibus, sive De formula honestae vitae. Epistolae ad Paulum. Cologne: Heinrich Quentell, 10 January 1499, 22 leaves, a-b⁶ c⁴ d⁶, 40 lines, roman type

POMPONIO LETO. Antiquitates urbis Romae. (Rostock: [Nicolaus Marschalk], 4 November 1514), A⁶ B⁴, title within woodcut border, large woodcut printer's device on final verso, UNRECORDED

6 works in one volume, 4to (199 x 134mm.), modern half calf over purple buckram, red edges

The printer of the final work, Nicolaus Marschalk, had been the first printer in Wittenberg before setting up his press in Rostock, where he also lectured at the university.

LITERATURE:

(1) Moreau II 467; USTC 143929

(2) ISTC it00446000

(3) VD16 W 3408

(4) ISTC is00471000

(5) ISTC is00419000

(6) Not found in the standard bibliographies

PROVENANCE:

(1) Benedictine monastery of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Huysburg, inscription on title-page; (2 & 4) Benedictine monastery of St Godehard, Hildesheim, inscriptions; (whole volume) Ampleforth Abbey library, bookplate and ink stamp