AUTHOR: PUBLISHED BY PIERO PACINI DA PESCIA

LANGUAGE: ITALIAN

DATE: 1495

PAGE #: 267

REPRODUCTION DIMENSIONS: 11.75 X 8.75 IN

HISTORY/DESCRIPTION: EPISTLES, GOSPELS, AND POPULAR READINGS IN THE TUSCAN LANGUAGE IS CONSIDERED THE GREATEST FLORENTINE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE 15TH CENTURY. THIS DEVOTIONAL BOOK, IN ITALIAN, WAS PUBLISHED IN 1495, BY PIERO PACINI DA PESCIA. IT CONTAINS 144 LARGE WOODCUTS, 24 SMALL IMAGES OF SAINTS AND PROPHETS, AND A SERIES OF 14 DIFFERENT BORDER STYLES. THE TITLE LEAF IS ONE OF THE MOST STRIKING OF THE PERIOD, AND REFLECTS THE INFLUENCE OF FLORENTINE PAINTING ON WOODCUT COMPOSITION. WOODCUTTING IS AN INTRICATE RELIEF PRINTING TECHNIQUE, COMMONLY USED BEFORE THE INVENTION OF THE PRINTING PRESS. THERE ARE ONLY TWO OF THESE MANUSCRIPTS KNOWN TO EXIST.

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