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Original 1496 Incunabula Leaf – Epistola Cleri – Collection of Erasmus Darwin
This listing is for an original 15th-centuryincunabulaleaf dated 1496, sourced from the Biblical Library of Stanley S. Slotkin. The leaf remains mounted to Slotkin’s original explanatory backing sheet, which notes that the page was found in the collection of Erasmus Darwin of London, England.
The backing sheetpresents a facsimile title page illustrating the larger religious work from which the leaf originated.It referencesthe biblical commentary tradition of Nicolaus de Lyra, one of the most influential theological scholars of the late Middle Ages. The leaf itself is an authentic incunabula-period printingproduced during the earliest decades of movable-type bookmaking,and not a reproduction or facsimile. Produced during this transformative period, printed works like this helped carry the intellectual life of the late medieval Church across universities, monasteries, and ecclesiastical courts.The typography, dense single-column layout, and Gothic-style typeface are characteristic of late 15th-century incunabula printing.The crisp impression of the movable type on handmade laid paper reflects the craftsmanship of early European presses during the formative decades of printed book production.
Source: Biblical Library of Stanley S. Slotkin
Date: 1496 A.D.
Provenance: Collection of Erasmus Darwin, London
Language: Latin
Text Type: Epistola cleri (“Letter of the Clergy”)
Work Type: Scholarly theological / biblical commentary of Nicolaus de Lyra
Printing Method: Early movable type (incunabula period)
Paper: Handmade laid paper
Layout: Dense single column
Leaf Format: Printed on both sides (recto & verso)
