METHODIUS, Saint, Archbishop of Tyre (827-869). [Revelationes]. Revelationes divinae a sanctis angelis factae de principio mundi. Edited by Sebastian Brant. Basel: Michael Furter, 14 February 1500.

4to (207 x 144 mm). Collation: a-g8 h-i6. 68 leaves. 36 lines and marginalia. Type: 156bG, 6:106G, 1:83G, 4:64G. 61 woodcuts (some repeated), a few with hand-coloring in red, woodcut initials hand-colored in red, red strokes. (Tiny mostly marginal wormholes to a few leaves occasionally touching letters, some minor browning or soiling.) 19th-century calf gilt (rebacked, hinges reinforced, some wear). Provenance: unidentified bookplate, obscured by the bookplate of; Chester Dudley Ward.

Second illustrated edition of the Divine Revelations, first published by Furter in 1498. Furter also printed two later editions in 1504 and 1515. The second edition is often attributed to 1516 as the date in the colophon reads "MCCCCC.XVI.Kal.' Martii." "XVI," however, indicates that the book was printed sixteen days before the Kalends of March, as was the usual manner of recording the date using the Julian Calendar. The original edition of the text was published in 1475; this second illustrated edition is nearly a page-for-page reprint of Furter's 1498 edition with the same woodcuts. VERY RARE: online records record only 3 complete copies of this edition at auction in the last 40 years. Adams 1369 (dating the work 1516); BMC III, 786; BSB-Ink M-354; Goff M-525; GW M23062; ISTC im00525000.

Property from the Collection of Edward A. Quattrocchi

METHODIUS, Saint, Archbishop of Tyre (827-869). [Revelationes]. Revelationes divinae a sanctis angelis factae de principio mundi. Edited by Sebastian Brant. Basel: Michael Furter, 14 February 1500.