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AUREOLI, Petrus (d.1322). Compendium litteralis sensus totius bibliae. [Strassburg: Georg Husner, not after 1476].
Chancery 2° (300x216mm). Collation: [110 2-138 146(5+1) 156 16-178 18-196] (1/1r blank, 1/1v text). 35 lines. Type: 1:102G. First 6-line initial in green on purple ground with leafy extensions, 3-4-line initials alternating in red and blue, capital strokes and underlining in red, headlines and shoulder headings supplied in red, contemporary marginal section numbering in ink, some MS. quiring still visible, several lines of text wanting at beginning or end of a page supplied in a contemporary hand as in both British Library copies (5/8v, 15/1v). (Light dampstaining, small tear in upper margin of first leaf repaired.) Contemporary calf over wooden boards, blindstamped, remains of 2 fore-edge catches (brass backplates only), spine painted white with title and shelfmark written over, (spine extremities only slightly worn). Provenance: Budweis, Capuchins, inscription on first leaf; some contemporary MS. corrections.
FIRST EDITION. Rarely on the market. H *2141; GW 3077; BMC I, 83 (IB. 1018-19); Goff A-1393; Pellechet 1613; IDL 584
Chancery 2° (300x216mm). Collation: [110 2-138 146(5+1) 156 16-178 18-196] (1/1r blank, 1/1v text). 35 lines. Type: 1:102G. First 6-line initial in green on purple ground with leafy extensions, 3-4-line initials alternating in red and blue, capital strokes and underlining in red, headlines and shoulder headings supplied in red, contemporary marginal section numbering in ink, some MS. quiring still visible, several lines of text wanting at beginning or end of a page supplied in a contemporary hand as in both British Library copies (5/8v, 15/1v). (Light dampstaining, small tear in upper margin of first leaf repaired.) Contemporary calf over wooden boards, blindstamped, remains of 2 fore-edge catches (brass backplates only), spine painted white with title and shelfmark written over, (spine extremities only slightly worn). Provenance: Budweis, Capuchins, inscription on first leaf; some contemporary MS. corrections.
FIRST EDITION. Rarely on the market. H *2141; GW 3077; BMC I, 83 (IB. 1018-19); Goff A-1393; Pellechet 1613; IDL 584