Premium-Seiten ohne Registrierung:

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 50

Greek Liturgy] (graece), Rome, Demetrios Doukas, October, 1526.

Schätzpreis
10.000 £ - 15.000 £
ca. 12.328 $ - 18.493 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 50

Greek Liturgy] (graece), Rome, Demetrios Doukas, October, 1526.

Schätzpreis
10.000 £ - 15.000 £
ca. 12.328 $ - 18.493 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

John Reynes binding.- [Greek Liturgy] (graece), collation: Α-Σ4, [72]ff., Greek text, printed in red and black throughout, woodcut head-pieces and decorated initials, leaves browned, some small stains and spots, a few marginal notes in a 17th-century hand, front pastedown with early notes about the tools used for the binding, strictly contemporary English binding by John Reynes of dark brown calf over wooden boards, each cover stamped with two panels in blind, the first showing a shield in an arched frame charged with the instruments of the Passion held by a unicorn, inscription 'Redemptoris Mundi Arma' and two marks of Reynes, the second panel divided into two compartments, upper showing the English royal arms, the lower one the Tudor rose within scrolls, supported by angels and Reynes's marks, two metal clasps preserved with catches on lower cover, spine repaired, lower joint split and cover partly detached, preserved in modern fleece-lined cloth box, 4to, 222 x 145mm., Rome, Demetrios Doukas, October, 1526. ⁂ The very rare first edition of the Liturgy of the Orthodox Church, the only Greek book printed in Rome by the Cretan Demetrios Doukas (c.1480-c.1527), the well-known editor of the Florentine Homer of 1488, then active at the Aldine Press in Venice and later, after moving to Spain, one of the editors of the celebrated Complutensian Polylot Bible. This copy is in a splendid, contemporary binding, executed in London by the renowned craftman John Reynes, stamped with panels containing the English royal arms and the Tudor rose. The panels are here in the first state with a pomegranate, the badge of Catherine of Aragon, the first of Henry VIII's wives, who was Queen of England between 1509 and 1533. The first state is very rare after 1530. In about 1532 Reynes dropped the pomegranate and replaced it with a cock, one of Henry VIII's badges. A very well preserved example of a John Reynes binding on a rare Roman edition which must have reached England shortly after its publication. Provenance: Rev. Joseph Gould (1797-1866; ex libris 'Joseph Gould Baltiol College' on front pastedown, and his ownership inscription 'Joseph Gould Burwash Sussex 1840' on recto of front flyleaf); Edward Cyrill Simpson (1894-1979; ex-libris on recto of front flyleaf). Literature: J. B. Oldham, Blind Panels of English Binders, Cambridge 1958.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 50
Auktion:
Datum:
25.01.2017
Auktionshaus:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
Großbritannien und Nordirland
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Beschreibung:

John Reynes binding.- [Greek Liturgy] (graece), collation: Α-Σ4, [72]ff., Greek text, printed in red and black throughout, woodcut head-pieces and decorated initials, leaves browned, some small stains and spots, a few marginal notes in a 17th-century hand, front pastedown with early notes about the tools used for the binding, strictly contemporary English binding by John Reynes of dark brown calf over wooden boards, each cover stamped with two panels in blind, the first showing a shield in an arched frame charged with the instruments of the Passion held by a unicorn, inscription 'Redemptoris Mundi Arma' and two marks of Reynes, the second panel divided into two compartments, upper showing the English royal arms, the lower one the Tudor rose within scrolls, supported by angels and Reynes's marks, two metal clasps preserved with catches on lower cover, spine repaired, lower joint split and cover partly detached, preserved in modern fleece-lined cloth box, 4to, 222 x 145mm., Rome, Demetrios Doukas, October, 1526. ⁂ The very rare first edition of the Liturgy of the Orthodox Church, the only Greek book printed in Rome by the Cretan Demetrios Doukas (c.1480-c.1527), the well-known editor of the Florentine Homer of 1488, then active at the Aldine Press in Venice and later, after moving to Spain, one of the editors of the celebrated Complutensian Polylot Bible. This copy is in a splendid, contemporary binding, executed in London by the renowned craftman John Reynes, stamped with panels containing the English royal arms and the Tudor rose. The panels are here in the first state with a pomegranate, the badge of Catherine of Aragon, the first of Henry VIII's wives, who was Queen of England between 1509 and 1533. The first state is very rare after 1530. In about 1532 Reynes dropped the pomegranate and replaced it with a cock, one of Henry VIII's badges. A very well preserved example of a John Reynes binding on a rare Roman edition which must have reached England shortly after its publication. Provenance: Rev. Joseph Gould (1797-1866; ex libris 'Joseph Gould Baltiol College' on front pastedown, and his ownership inscription 'Joseph Gould Burwash Sussex 1840' on recto of front flyleaf); Edward Cyrill Simpson (1894-1979; ex-libris on recto of front flyleaf). Literature: J. B. Oldham, Blind Panels of English Binders, Cambridge 1958.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 50
Auktion:
Datum:
25.01.2017
Auktionshaus:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
Großbritannien und Nordirland
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
LotSearch ausprobieren

Testen Sie LotSearch und seine Premium-Features 7 Tage - ohne Kosten!

  • Auktionssuche und Bieten
  • Preisdatenbank und Analysen
  • Individuelle automatische Suchaufträge
Jetzt einen Suchauftrag anlegen!

Lassen Sie sich automatisch über neue Objekte in kommenden Auktionen benachrichtigen.

Suchauftrag anlegen