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12. Könyvárverés

(Venice), 1514. Jacobi (Schaller) librarii (Budensis). (19)+479 fol(s). Title missing and three leaves (+ii, 76. and the last) replaced by copies.
In the decades after the closing of the two early, short-lived Hungarian printing houses, the demand for books in Hungary had to be met entirely by foreign printing houses. Booksellers in Buda, who also operated as book publishers, played a significant role in this until the Battle of Mohács. Their biggest customer was the church, which recognized the potential of printed books, which were significantly cheaper than manuscript codices and could be reproduced without spoiling the text. In addition to these, two editions of the Thuróczy Chronicle are attributed to them, and they also published some textbooks and minor theological and pastoral works at their own expense and business risk. They printed missals, breviaries essential for performing psalms, and obsequials describing fixed-text ceremonies outside the mass, mainly for the Esztergom Diocese. They also worked for the dioceses of Pécs, Zagreb, and Eger, as well as for the Paulists and Pannonhalma. The missals were produced in one of the Venetian printers that specialized in this and could produce the demanding two-colour (red and black) printed text.
Like our previous lot, this volume's printer is Lucantonio Giunta. The beautiful print emerged from one of the highest-quality workshops of the time. Its two-colour printed pages are embellished with countless charming woodcuts, but five full-page scenes also enhance the book's cultural historical value (unfortunately, one can be seen here only in copy).
Restored, contemporary leather. A fragment of the original binding – divided into fields with blind-tooled lines and decorated by filling them with the imprint of individual blind stamps – is preserved on the back cover. One corner protector is original, the others’ and the brass centrepiece’s stylized contours follow its style. Clasps replaced.
RMK III 195., EDIT16 CNCE 18343., BNH Cat 0