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Nicholas of Lyra, ca. 1270-1349. [Moralia super totam Bibliam]. Mantua: Paul de Butzbach, 29 April 1481. 32 cm.
Call Number: (RARE) BS 485 .N52x 1481


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his is the last dated book from this press, from which only about twenty editions were issued. It is hand illuminated throughout in bold red lettering.

ome scholars believe this printer may be identified as "Magister Paulus" of the Diocese of Mainz, who, with his brother "Magister Georgius" and with the aid of Columbinus of Verona, produced the Mantua "Dante" of 1472, and probably some other books attributed to printer Pietro Micheli.


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