Saint Gregory's Moralia, sive Expositio in Job

Saint Gregory's Moralia, sive Expositio in Job
Reynaldus de Novimagio, 1480
GREGORIUS I, Pope (c.540-604). Moralia, sive Expositio in Job. Venice: Reynaldus de Novimagio, 14 June 1480.

Fifth edition of Saint Gregory's exposition on Job, with illuminated initial. HC 7930*; BMC V 256; BSB-Ink G-318; GW 11437; Bod-inc G-222; IGI 4442; Goff G430; ISTC ig00430000.

Median folio (319 x 209mm). 348 leaves, gathering r bound out of place. Large elaborate initial R on gold ground, with partial floral border and wreathed armorial, smaller red and blue initials and paragraph marks (some pigment loss to initial, some dampstaining, some leaves toned or soiled, occasional spots and wormholes). 18th-century gilt-ruled sheep, red speckled edges (some staining and losses). Provenance: armorial on first text leaf deleted by former owner – acquired from H.P. Kraus, New York, 2 November 1955.