[Incunabula] Mariale de excelle[n]tiis regine celi.. 1493

Mariale de excelle[n]tiis regine celi. De Busti, Bernardus. Impressum Mediolani [Milan] Per Magistrum Leonardum Pachel. Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXXIII, die xxi Maij [21 May 1493].

388 leaves, 58 lines and headline, double column, gothic type, decorative woodcut initials, 63 woodcut illustrations (three subjects repeated: Virgin and Child on black ground; the same on white ground; the Annunciation), printer's device at end, scattered damp spots to title, early blind-stamped calf over boards, rebacked preserving most of the original spine, a couple of small worm holes on covers, remains of ties still intact. [ISTC ib01333000; BMC VI 779; Goff B1333; GW 5804; HCR 4160], 4to (200 x 138mm.), [Milan, Leonardus Pachel, 21 May, 1493]

Footnotes

A series of treatises on aspects of Marian theology by the Milanese Minoriet Bernardinus de Busti (c.1450-c.1513).

Provenance: Abbey of Saints Flora and Lucilla, Arezzo, inscriptions on title and a2; Bath Public Library (withdrawn), bookplate inside upper cover, small ink stamp on blank verso of title and blank area beneath colophon.