29. Pope Pius II, 1405-1464 (formerly Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini)

Epistolae familiares

Lyons: Jean de Vingle, 8 November 1497

Description

Paper. [206] leaves, leaves 8 and 206 wanting. 255 x 170 mm (quarto). Gothic type. F.1a Title-page printed in red: EPistole et varij tractatus Pij secundi Pontificis Maximi: ad diuersos in quadruplici vite eius statu transmisse. F.205a Colophon: '...Impresse Lugduni per Iohannem de Vingle. Anno domiui. M.cccclxxxxvij. Die octaua Nouembris.' Edited by Ambrosius Archintus and Joannes Vinzalius. Woodcut capitals. Some preliminary annotations.

Binding

Quarter bound calf over spoiled suede covers. Printed and manuscript fragments are pasted on back endpaper. Bands exposed; covers brutalized.

Printer

Jean de Vingle, a Picard by birth, was believed to be working in Lyons as early as 26 November 1492. His first known signature occurs in a French Belial of 19 July 1494; over time he produced some 50 editions. His books are marked by a liberal use of black ground capitals (see BMC VIII: lxii). He was also a bookseller.

Provenance

1. Booklabel of W. Jones (Studio Fallente Laborem), engr. Duchesen Ft. Havre 2. Canon William Ardene Shoults 3. Selwyn College; Otago University Library

Reference

HC 158*; BMC VIII 312; Goff P722; Kaplan 383; ISTC ip00722000

Illustrations

Title-page, with book label, initials A and I, binding and front endpaper, colophon, detail of book label.