[BERNARDIN de SIENNE (saint)].

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[BERNARDIN de SIENNE (saint)].
 Sermones sancti Bernardi-//ni de senis ordinis fratrum // minorum de euangelio eterno. S.l.n.d. [Basel, Johann Amerbach, circa 1489]. In-folio, ivory vellum, double framed with gilt fillets decorating the plates, large fleuron in the center, decorated ribbed spine (rel. of the 19th c.). PRINCEPS EDITION. Snack: 318 ff. (of 330), signed 1-8, 11-66, a8, b6, c8, d6, e8, f6, g8, h6, i8, k6, l8, m6, n8, o6, p8, q6, r8, s6, t8, v6, [x8], y6, z8, aa8, bb6, cc8, dd6, ee8, ff6, gg8, hh6, ii8, ll6, mm8, nn6, oo8, pp6, qq8, rr6, ss8, tt6, vv8, xx6, yy6 & zz8. Two-column text in Gothic characters. 54 lines in the column. Numerous letters in blue or red ink, some ornate and accompanied by long ascenders. Bits almost split; 12 deficient leaves (two of which are white, the first and the last): a1 (bl.), x1 to x8, ll2, ll5, zz8 (bl.); f. f1 with small tear without missing; small wet spots; pale ink stain on the ff. nn6, rr5, rr6, ss5 to ss8; some rare marginal inscriptions of the period. EXAMPLE of the PRINCEPS EDITION of the SERMONS of SAINT BERNARDIN DE SIENNE († 1444), all the PAGES of which have been ORNATED & ENLIGHTENED. Brunet, I, 795-796; Hain, 2827; Proctor, 7631; Pellechet, 2079; GKV, 3886.
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