BARBIERI (Philippus de). Quattuor hic compressa opuscula. Discordantie sanctorum doctorum Hieronymi Augustini. Sibyllarum de Christo vaticinia : cum appropriatis singularum figuris. Varia Judeorum [et] gentilium de Christo testimonia. Centones Probe Falconie deutriusq[ue] testamenti hystoriis ex carminibus Virgilii selecti : cum annotationes locorum ex quibus sesumpti sunt ; a divo Hieronymo Comprobate. Venice : Bernardino Benali, [circa 1510-1520]. - In-4, 193 x 135 : (16 of 28 ff.) [sig. (A)2 B-D4 E2 (missing quires a-c4)]. Olive morocco, title and publisher in gilt capitals on the front cover, ribbed spine, double gilt fillet inside (K.A. 1903).15573/18 Very rare edition, long considered incunabula. We have here only the first part of the work, including the description of the 12 sibyls by the Dominican Philippus de Barbieri (1426-1487), which first appeared in 1481. A sibyl is a prophetess who performs divination. Barbieri proposed two additional oracles to match the number of Old Testament prophets (10 in Antiquity), adding the Agrippa sibyl and the European sibyl. This edition was printed in Venice by Bernardino Benali, in Roman and Gothic type. It features a few historiated or black-ground initials, but above all, 12 full-page woodcuts depicting the 12 sibyls in four-part frames of arabesque motifs and architectural columns. Each one bears a phylactery, its name in a cartouche, and is accompanied by a text giving a short presentation of the sybil represented, as well as the verse of the prophet associated with it. The 12 sibyls are Persian, Libyan, Delphic, Cimmerian, Samian, Cumaean, Hellespontine, Phrygian, European, Tiburtine, Agrippa and Eritrean. Considered incunabula until recently, the edition was actually printed after 1500. The woodcuts are indeed Venetian copies of those in earlier Roman editions. A bound copy without the second part of the work, which would have included the "Centon sur l'ancien testament" by Faltonia B. Proba (quires a to c, i.e. 12 leaves). This was a part with a separate title page and a new imposition, which apparently did not interest the owner of the time or perhaps the English collector who had the copy bound at the beginning of the 20th century. Spine and edges of boards faded, minor rubbing to headpieces and corners. Light spotting on the lower edge of the first two leaves, scattered foxing. Provenance: Bourlon de Rouvre, with bookplate.