Acquired from a Parisian auction in 1891: the only surviving record of a poetry competition held in Valencia in August of 1488
Obra a Llaors del Benaventurat lo Senyor Sent Cristofol
Valencia (Spain) — February 3, 1498
Obra a Llaors del Benaventurat lo Senyor Sent Cristofol
- Obra a Llaors del Benaventurat lo Senyor Sent Cristofol
Short Description
This is the only surviving copy of a codex that has been highly coveted by bibliophiles for centuries. The work of fifteen poets from a Valencian poetry fair in August of 1488 is presented with splendid initials and other décor.
Obra a Llaors del Benaventurat lo Senyor Sent Cristofol
This incunabula, an early printed book predating 1501, was published in the Valencian print shop of Pedro Trincher on February 3rd, 1498 and is stored today in the Biblioteca Nacional de España under the shelf mark Inc. 1471. Acquired from a Parisian auction in 1891, it represents the only surviving copy of the work and this coveted codex has been owned by a long line of bibliophiles. In August of 1488, a poetry fair was held in Valencia, a record of which was produced a decade later. This codex contains the work of fifteen poets, one of them anonymous, in neatly printed Gothic text with initials and various decorative elements. The title page is a woodcut with a mandorla containing the Virgin of Montserrat, the overleaf has an image of St. Christopher, and an image of Christ Crucified comes at the end.
Codicology
- Alternative Titles
- Obra a Llaors del Benaventurat lo Senyor Sent Cristofol
- Origin
- Valencia (Spain)
- Date
- February 3, 1498
- Epochs
- Style
- Language
- Illustrations
- Decorated initials and woodcuts
- Content
- Religious literature
- Artist / School
- Lluís Roís (author)
Pedro Trincher (printer) - Previous Owners
- Croft
White Knights
Herber's
Thorpe
Salvá
Count of Benahavs
Ricardo Heredia
Livermore
1 available facsimile edition(s) of „Obra a Llaors del Benaventurat lo Senyor Sent Cristofol“
Obra a Llaors del Benaventurat lo Senyor Sent Cristofol
- Publisher
- Vicent Garcia Editores – Valencia, 1997
- Limited Edition
- 3160 copies
- Binding
- Parchment on wooden board. This specimen is the first illustrated printed book from Italy; there are only four known copies on this first edition.
- Commentary
-
1 volume by Francisco Calero
Language: Spanish - More Information
- Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.
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