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HIERONYMUS, Eusebius (Saint, 345?-420).
Epistolae. With the tables of Theodorus v 1480 Lelius. Parma: [Printer of Hieronymus, 'Epistolae), I 18 January 1480; [I| 15 May 1480. 2 volumes.
Collation: (Vol. I:) T° (t1 blank, 2r table, 75y pseudo-Casinensis Sebastianus, life of St Jerome); a b-1° m-z aa-dd® ee' (alr text, eev colophon, ee10 blank). 252 leaves (of 254, without the blanks). blank, 2r table); A-K" L-Z AA-KK° LL' MM-00* PP® (A1r text, PPor colophon, PP6v blank). 328 leaves (of 330, without the blanks). 53 lines. Types: 1:111R, Gk. 2-7 and 8- line initial spaces with printed guide letters.
Each part with 8-line opening initial in blue with infill and border of floriated red pen-work with touches of green wash.
Lombard initials and paragraph marks alternately red and blue. (First five leaves in Vo initials and paragraph marks alternately red and blue. (First five leaves in Volume I and last leaf in Volume II mounted on guards, occasional pale marginal fox-marks). Mo leaf in Volume Il mounted on guards, occasional pale marginal fox-marks). Modern calf, by Joseph Ruzicka, edges mottled in the 17th or 18th century, slipcase. 380mm x 270mm.
Provenance: Sondley Reference Library, Asheville, NC (bookplates).
Ninth edition, the third with the tables by Theodorus Lelius.
The first of four editions printed in 1480 and 1481 comprising the known output of this anonymous printer. This edition reprints that of Miscomini, Venice, 1476, with changes and additions.
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