BERNARD de Clairvaux. Liber florum beati bernardi abbatis clarevallensis. Paris: Philippe Pigouchet, 20 November 1099 [i.e.1499].

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BERNARD de Clairvaux. Liber florum beati bernardi abbatis clarevallensis. Paris: Philippe Pigouchet, 20 November 1099 [i.e.1499].

8° (168 x 115mm.). 111 (of 116) leaves only. 2 columns. 50 lines and headline. Types: 5:76G (title and headlines), 7:55G (text). Capital spaces with guide letters, throughout quires A-c, and at beginning of books thereafter. Large woodcut printer's device on title (lacking one blank and 4 ll. of Tabula at end). 19th-century sheep (rubbed). Provenance: early inscription: 'Iste liber pertenet qutm saincte claire Rti cipriani...' on e3; Convent of S.Francis, Toulouse (inscription on title); Jesuit College, Toulouse (stamp on title, booklabel); Dr. P.A.Créhange.

The text is complete, and there is some disagreement as to whether the tabula is required: it is not mentioned by Pellechet or GW. GW 3930; HC 8220; Pellechet 2182; Polain II.2182; BMC VIII, 120; Goff B-390.

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