BOSSIUS, Donatus (1436-ca.1500). Chronica . - Series episcoporum et archiepiscoporum Mediolanensium . Milan: Antonius Zarotus, for the author, 1 March 1492. Median 2° (325 x 235 mm). Collation: a-r 8 s 10 t 6 u 8 x-y 4 (a1r blank, a1v genealogical stemma of the Dukes of Milan printed in red, a2r author's dedication to Gian Galeazzo Sforza, text, x4v blank, y1r list of the bishops and archbishops of Milan, y4r colophon, y4v blank). 168 leaves. 44-45 lines, shoulder notes. Types 5:111R b , 7:77G. 7- to 8-line initial spaces with guide-letters. (Occasional marginal notes and armorial shield on a2r washed, first leaf reversed and expertly rehinged, discreet marginal repairs to final two leaves.) Red morocco over pasteboard, blindstamped fillets to sides and spine, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, edges marbled and gilt (short split at front hinge, very minor wear at extremities), by L. Tripon. Provenance : small armorial blindstamp on first leaf and k5. FIRST EDITION. Bossi's Chronica is a universal history of the world, beginning with Creation, passing through the mythical and classical worlds of Antiquity, and progressing quickly through the Middle Ages and Renaissance. A Milanese nobleman, Bossi gives pride of place to Italian, and particularly Milanese, history, chronicling the fate of the Dukes of Milan simultaneously with that of the city. He charts the invasion of Milan by the Goths at various times, by the Huns under Attila, and the near destruction of the city by Barbarossa in 1162. Written with the approval of Lodovico Sforza, the chronicle glosses over the struggle for succession in the duchy and Francesco Sforza's subsequent claim to power. Bossi relates Francesco's reign as a time of harmony, thereby contributing to the Sforza campaign to gain imperial recognition (see G. Ianziti, Humanistic Historiography under the Sforzas , 1988). Among the world events noted is the invention of printing by Johann Gutenberg (r8r). HC *3667; BMC VI, 722 (IB. 26067); GW 4952; IGI 2017; Pellechet 2779; Goff B-1040.
BOSSIUS, Donatus (1436-ca.1500). Chronica . - Series episcoporum et archiepiscoporum Mediolanensium . Milan: Antonius Zarotus, for the author, 1 March 1492. Median 2° (325 x 235 mm). Collation: a-r 8 s 10 t 6 u 8 x-y 4 (a1r blank, a1v genealogical stemma of the Dukes of Milan printed in red, a2r author's dedication to Gian Galeazzo Sforza, text, x4v blank, y1r list of the bishops and archbishops of Milan, y4r colophon, y4v blank). 168 leaves. 44-45 lines, shoulder notes. Types 5:111R b , 7:77G. 7- to 8-line initial spaces with guide-letters. (Occasional marginal notes and armorial shield on a2r washed, first leaf reversed and expertly rehinged, discreet marginal repairs to final two leaves.) Red morocco over pasteboard, blindstamped fillets to sides and spine, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, edges marbled and gilt (short split at front hinge, very minor wear at extremities), by L. Tripon. Provenance : small armorial blindstamp on first leaf and k5. FIRST EDITION. Bossi's Chronica is a universal history of the world, beginning with Creation, passing through the mythical and classical worlds of Antiquity, and progressing quickly through the Middle Ages and Renaissance. A Milanese nobleman, Bossi gives pride of place to Italian, and particularly Milanese, history, chronicling the fate of the Dukes of Milan simultaneously with that of the city. He charts the invasion of Milan by the Goths at various times, by the Huns under Attila, and the near destruction of the city by Barbarossa in 1162. Written with the approval of Lodovico Sforza, the chronicle glosses over the struggle for succession in the duchy and Francesco Sforza's subsequent claim to power. Bossi relates Francesco's reign as a time of harmony, thereby contributing to the Sforza campaign to gain imperial recognition (see G. Ianziti, Humanistic Historiography under the Sforzas , 1988). Among the world events noted is the invention of printing by Johann Gutenberg (r8r). HC *3667; BMC VI, 722 (IB. 26067); GW 4952; IGI 2017; Pellechet 2779; Goff B-1040.
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