Olivier MAILLARD
Quadragesimale opus declamatum parisiorum urbe ecclesia sancti Johanni in gracia[Lenten Sermons Preached in Paris at the Church of Saint-Jean-en-Grève]
Jehan Petit|[Paris] 1508|10 x 16.50 cm|relié
Paris edition of Olivier Maillard’s Quadragesimale, printed by Jean Barbier for the bookseller Jean Petit and completed on 4 May 1508. Gothic type in double columns, 45 lines to a page. Large woodcut device of Jean Petit on the title-page; numerous white initials on criblé grounds. The text is described as having been collected in Paris from the preacher himself, then carefully revised before printing: “Parisius sub eodem recollectum ac novissime magno labore correctum”. Colophon on leaf 174: “et opera Johannis Barbier, impensis vero honesti viri Johannis Petit bibliopole Parisiensis impressorum. Anno M.CCCCC.VIII. Quarto nonas Maii”. 174 numbered leaves...
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