FUSTER, JERONI

Omelia sobre lo psalm "De profundis".

FUSTER, JERONI .

Omelia sobre lo psalm "De profundis". Printer: Lambert Palmart. Valencia, 1490. Size: 15.5 x 24 cm. With illustrations. 8 leaves (16 pages). Unique incunabulum copy.

Devout work in the style of small allegorical-amorous narration, partly in verse, with the influence of Dante’s Comedia, according to M. de Riquer.

Interesting book which contains the first xylographic illustration known in Valencia, the Virgin of the Rosary, kneeling at Her feet Pope Benedict II and a knight with sword, both with rosary. In the upper corners Saint Dominic with an iris and surely Saint Thomas of Aquino with a book.

-Our edition: Valencia, 1992. From that kept in the Biblioteca General e Histórica de la Universidad de Valencia.

-Edition of 3.000 copies, numbered and signed by notary, and with the signature of the printer-publisher.

-Binding: Parchment on wooden board.

-Presentation case cloth lined with gold engraved leather spine containing facsimile and study in Spanish.

-Specially made laid paper.

-Study in Spanish conducted by Antoni Ferrando Francés (Professor of the Faculty of Philology of the University of Valencia). Included in Bibliofilia Antigua I.