BERCHORIUS, Petrus (c.1290-1362)

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Los 107 | BERCHORIUS, Petrus (c.1290-1362)
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BERCHORIUS, Petrus (c.1290-1362)

Liber Bibliae moralis. Deventer: Richardus Pafraet, 1477.

The first book printed at the first press at Deventer. Pafraet established his press at Deventer, home to a famous school of the Brothers of the Common Life, whose pupils included Thomas à Kempis and Erasmus. This, his first known book, is directed at the Brothers' house and their extensive network. For his edition - the fourth in print - Pafraet rearranged the extensive index which had first appeared in the Strasbourg edition to give the book greater utility and to fulfill Berchorius' stated objective in compiling the text: to provide an aid to preachers composing sermons by analysing Biblical passages, interpreting its symbolism and drawing out morals. Berchorius earned high praise from his contemporary Petrarch, particularly for his work on Livy's Roman History, which Berchorius translated into French at the command of Jean le Bon. Not in BSB; HC 2796; GW 3864; BMC IX, 112; IDL 729; Cinquième centenaire 140; Goff B-338; ISTC ib00338000.



Chancery folio (280 x 206mm). 464 leaves (of 468, lacking index leaves E4.5 and without the first and final blanks but with blank a1 and ii12); sheet 2B1.10 reversed in binding. Major initials in red with contrasting Maiblumen decoration in purple penwork (one in blue with red penwork), small lombard initials and capital strokes in red, a few later headlines (occasional light marginal waterstaining.) Modern brown morocco, red spine label, red edges. Provenance: Richard Williams (armorial bookplate) – Ulco Proost (1885-1966; sale 'The Fine Library of a Well-Known Amsterdam Collector', Utrecht, Beijers, 7-8 Nov. 1967; U.P. bookplate) – [sold Christie's, 6 June 2007, lot 122].









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