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[6], 204, [14] pp.The two major texts by Marcus Vigerius de Savona (or Emmanuele Vigerio; 1446-1516) in their second editions. The Decachordum Christianum was first published by Girolamo Soncino in Fano in 1507. It is a devotional work, dealing with the Holy Family and Christ's incarnation, from the Annunciation to the Ascension. This second edition was printed in Hagenau in the Alsace, for the most famous publisher of Nuremberg, Anton Koberger. Each of the ten sections is preceded by a splendid woodcut by the "Master I S with the shovel", an artist of the school of Hans Schäufelein (ca. 1480-ca.1539) in Nuremberg and Nördlingen, who was himself a pupil of Dürer. The Master probably also worked in Alsace and his work is often confused with Schäufelein's. His style, however, is somewhat different and shows also the influence of Dürer and Baldung.With (partly erased) contemporary owner's entries on the first fly-leaf and title and many contemporary scholarly annotations in text, spine skilfully…
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Fano: Hieronymus Soncinus, 1507. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Early full pigskin, slightly soiled but otherwise fine, morocco lettering piece. Endpapers refreshed, inner joint slightly cracked, title moderately soiled, scattered minor foxing and discoloration. (8), CCXLVI, (16) leaves with the blank leaf at aa8. 10 full page engravings and 33 vignette illustrations (from 27 blocks; 6 repeated). Leaf LXXXIX number LXXXIIII as with other copies but here "corrected" by stamping LXXXIIIIV. Adams V 746, Mortimer (Italian Books) 537 (noting that the blocks "are probably metal". Brunet V 1216The nativity scene was used by Antonio Giunta in his 1511 bible. Soncino founded the first press in Fano Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046841.
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Decachordum Christianum Julio II. Pont. Max. dicatum. Controversia de excellentia instrumentorum Dominicae passionis, per eundem Dn. Marcum Vigerium discussa.[Hagenau, printed by Th. Anselm & Joh. Albertus for Joh. Koberger, Nuremberg, 1517]. Folio. With title in woodcut border by Urs Graf and 10 beautiful full-page woodcuts (ca. 13.9-14.4 x 9.7-10.2 cm) by the "Master I S with the shovel", a pupil of Hans Schäufelein. Contemporary calf over wooden boards, blind-tooled side, two brass clasps. Leaves from a 14th-century liturgical manuscript pasted on the inner sides of the boards. From the "Koberger Werkstatt".
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