Venice, Ottaviano Scoto, 23 June 1481. In 2nd. 238 cc. Text on two columns, nice margined copy, the first leaf with the prologue on the reverse is missing (blank on the recto), replaced with reproduction, small defects restored on the A2 paper, worm hole on the lower white margin of the last paper, very rare small ones stains, later binding in half leather and marbled paper, title and author in black on the smooth spine, very slight signs of wear.
Specialist Notes
The Golden Legend of the Dominican friar Jacobus de Voragine (Varagine, 1230-1298), in this edition printed in Venice with the translation by Niccolò Malermi, was one of the most famous collections of lives of the saints of the late Middle Ages.
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