Cyprianus, Opera, Antwerp, 1589, Spanish plateresque binding with fore-edge decoration
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CYPRIANUS, THASCIUS CAECILIUS. D. Caecilii Cypriani Carthaginiensis episcopi, totius Africae primatis & gloriosissimi Martyris Opera. Iam denuo quam accuratissime recognita, collatione facta Editionum Pauli Manutii & Guilielmi Morelii ad exemplaria aliquot manuscripta vetustissima, certoque ordine, habita temporum ratione, in tres tomos nunc primum distincta. Adnotationes Iacobi Pamelii S. Th. L. Ecclesiae Brugensis Canonici, toti operi sparsim interiectae, quibus tum castigationum ratio & lectionum varietas obiter indicatur, tum quidquid ad antiquitatem ecclesiasticam pertinet, paucis explicatur. Ab eodem recens adiecta D. Cypriani vita è scriptis ipsius collecta, & Scripturarum citatarum index locupletissimus desideratus hactenu. Indicem operum d. Cypriani iuxta priores editiones, reperiet lector post vitam auctoris. Editio ultima prioribus emendatior. Antwerp: Pierre Bellère, 1589
This binding is an example of the Spanish plateresque style which flourished in the later sixteenth century, along with fore-edge decoration giving the title as well as the institutional ownership, with gaps indicating where the straps would have been.
3 parts in one volume, folio (294 x 186 mm). Roman and italic type, 61 lines plus headline. collation: a-b6 ã4 e4 i4 õ4 u4 A-R6 S4 T-2H6 2I8 2K-2V6 2X-2Y8: 306 leaves (2Y8 blank). Woodcut printer's device on title page, woodcut initials. (Small tears at foot of e2, T5, 2F4, and 2O6 but no loss of text; some small ink stains throughout; light staining to pages.)
binding: Contemporary Spanish plateresque binding (304 x 207 mm), tan calf over wooden boards, tooled in black and blind, 2 concentric frames of a roll with 2 repeated medallions containing a king's and an emperor's head surrounded by foliage, leafy arabesque at corners of narrow central panel, a central circular arabesque with leafy elements, spine with with bird perched on a leafy branch, plain edges with title in large letters in ink down fore-edge, escutcheon with cross on hill flanked by stars and crown in ink at top of fore-edge, traces of 2 clasps, remains of metal shoes. (Binding slightly worn, stain on upper cover, ends of spine and corners defective, lacking both straps with slight damage around stubs, flyleaves stained.)
provenance: An unidentified Discalced Carmelite convent library, arms on fore-edge and obscured inscription at head of title — inscription on title-page, "Don Juan de Villars [--] fr. D.P. Ortiz". acquisition: Purchased in 1993 from Crespí de Valldaura. references: USTC 406847
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