1514 RARE Parthenice Mariana Carmelite Mantuanus Hagiography Badius P. Incunable

1514 RARE Parthenice Mariana Carmelite Mantuanus Hagiography Badius P. Incunable

Baptista Mantuanus was a Carmelite poet whose 15^th-century works were influential during the Protestant Reformation. Perhaps the most influential of his works was ‘Parthenice Mariana’ – a collection of hagiographic poems each of which honored the lives church fathers, Catholic saints and theologians, classical writers and philosophers, mythical heroes, and iconic biblical figures. Notable names include:

• the Virgin Mary
• Catherine of Alexandria
• Hippolytus of Rome
• Euripides
• Jesus Christ
• Hercules
• Hesiod
• Polybius
• And many more (see photos of the table for a complete list of contents)

These poems would become the basis for a new style of writing – the epic poem on religious subjects which heavily influenced Erasmus and John Milton.

This incredibly rare 1514, post-incunable printing of Mantuanus’s “Parthenice” features two sets of commentary – one from Sebastian Murrho and the other of Josse Badius. Note that the printed font differentiates between the three sets of writing – a technique very rare to this era of printing.

Item number: #21695

Price: $1599

MANTUAN, Baptista

Parthenice prima F. Baptiste Mantuani Carmelitae theologi, poetae[que] clarissimi :

[Paris: François Regnault, et Gilles de Gourmont], [ca. 1507-1514].

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [12], XCIIII leaves
• Note on dating:
  • This 1514 edition is undated; however, a 1507 edition exists with a printed colophon. This edition, while not 1507, was not printed after 1514. (USTC confirms dating)
• References: USTC 183490
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~11.75in X 8.5in (29.5cm x 21.5cm)

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