(1485). PLATINA (Bartholomaeus). DE VITA CHRISTI: AC PONTIFI - Lot 13

(1485). PLATINA (Bartholomaeus). DE VITA CHRISTI: AC PONTIFICUM OMNIUM. (Treviso), Joannes Vercellensis, February 10, 1485. Small folio of 135 unencumbered leaves (a10-b-q8 r6), brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated (17th century binding). VERY FINE PRINTING IN LONG-LINE ROUND LETTERS. Author of the famous book "De l'honnête volupté, de toutes les viandes et choses que l'on mange", B. Platine (1421-1481), was librarian at the Vatican and his history of the Popes had been requested by Sixtus IV. The last life is that of Paul II, with whom Platine had a disagreement: he accused him of being a hypocrite and an enemy of learning! A precious, wide-margined copy of the third edition (1st in 1479), containing numerous marginal notes and a 5-page handwritten table (Index pontificum) at the beginning of the volume. Joints split, marginal repair to page 143, last blank leaf (R6) missing, first doubled (Brunet IV, 692) (ISTC ip00770000).