Castro, Adversus omnes hareses, Cologne, 1543, contemporary Munich binding for Bonaccorso Grino with fore-edge painting, Pillone library

2 works in one volume, folio (312 x 204mm). (1) Roman and Greek types, 55 lines plus headline. collation: a–b⁶ A–Z⁶ AA–MM⁶ N⁴ O–P⁶ Q4 R⁶: 248 leaves. Printed marginalia, fine woodcut historiated and ornamental initials, title device. (2) Roman, italic and occasional Hebrew type, 46 lines and headline. collation: +⁸ +⁶ A-Z⁶ a–z⁶ Aa–Cc⁶ Dd⁸: 316 leaves. Printed marginalia, woodcut ornamental initials. (Some light worming and browning, faint dampstaining.)

binding: Contemporary Munich binding for Bonaccorso Grino, blindstamped pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, the sides panelled with rolls incorporating initials I.P. (Haebler Rollen- und Plattenstempel, I, p.332, 5) and H.S./H.S.P., floral and fleuron tools, remains of 2 fore-edge clasps, VECELLIO FORE-EDGE PAINTING: the author seen from over his right shoulder, wearing the Franciscan habit, seated on a Savonarola chair, writing in a book at a desk, in a room with grey dado and grey and pink marbled wall behind, author's name and title lettered vertically, name lettered horizontally, other edges white marbled with grey. (Neat split in leather on front cover, some light stains.)

provenance: [Bonaccorso Grino (died 1553), his library at Schloss Burtembach, near Augsburg] — Odorico Pillone (1503-1594), by family descent to — Giorgio Pillone (1539-1611) — Paolo Maresio Bazolle (fl.1874) — Sir Thomas Brooke, 1st Bt (1830-1908), engraved armorial exlibris, by family descent to — Humphrey Brooke (1914-1988) — Pierre Berès (1913-2008), Paris, commemorative exlibris, sale, Bibliothèque Pillone, Paris, 1957, item 87 — Bartolomé March Servera (1917-1998), exlibris — Christie Manson & Woods, Valuable printed books and manuscripts: including … a fine group from the Pillone Library, London 1998, lot 57. acquisition: Purchased at the preceding sale. references: VD16 A 1938 (first work); USTC 654710 and 403425