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RARE CALENDAR REFORM.
PAULUS DE MIDDELBURGO. Paulina de recta Paschae celebratione: et de die passionis domini nostri Iesu Christi. Forosempronii (Octavianum Petrutium [Ottaviano Petrucci of Fossombrone]) August 1513. In two parts.
Folio (320x205). (396, lacks last blank) ll. Metal-cut border on three sides of a2r, b5v, A1r, and A2r decorated with a classical design, the lower border containing the arms of Pope Leo X, supported by two angels, repeated on b5v, A1r and A2r with slight variations, full-page woodcut (crucifixion) om P5r, white-on-black metal-cut initials, printer's device at end and illustration on a1v. Several leaves printed in red and black. The illustrations are perhaps the work of Francesco (Griffo) da Bologna (1450-1518). On leaf FF4 there is a reference to Columbus and the discovery of America.
Contemporary half leather over wooden boards, partly worn (with some worm-holes), old rebacking with parts of old spine on covers, boards with brass fittings, clasps missing. Manuscript title in ink on lower edge. Old annotations on inside of covers. Some slight marginal foxing. Fine copy of the first edition of this early treatise. Very rare.
First edition of this work on the reform of the calendar, and first non-musical work to be printed in Fossombrone.
Paulus de Middelburgo (c. 1455-1534), Flemish scientist and later bishop of Fossombrone (1494) wrote important works on reforming the calendar and this is regarded to be his principal work. He presented the work at the fifth Lateran council (1512-17) for the consideration of the calendar reform. He was against bringing the equinox back to 21 March, and opposed the idea of abandoning the lunar cycle or putting Easter on a fixed Sunday of the year. He proposed, however, a change in the cycle by reducing the seven embolismic months to five. (Catholic Encyclopedia.)
The printer Petrucci was famous for his beautiful musical prints, as an pioneer of music printing with moveable types, which he did when working in Venice. The metal-cuts are possibly by Francesco Grisso, friend of Aldus Manutius, and designer of the Aldine Italic and Greek types.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).

Auktionsnummer:

6058

Datum:

2016-06-21