![BONETUS, Nicolaus (d.1360). Habes ... Metaphysicam ... naturale[m] phylosophia[m] ... p[re]dicame[n]ta ... theologiam naturalem. Venice: Ottavio Scotto, 1505. 2° (315 x 215mm). Woodcut device at end. (Unsightly dampstain in inner margins throughout, some slightly affecting side-notes, a litle worming at end with very slight damage to text.) Contemporary North Italian calf-backed wooden boards, sides divided into four compartments, each with a lozenge pattern made out of ropework (clasps defective, rubbed, short splits in spine). Provenance: Paolo Zobio (ownership inscription, dated 20 April, on an endpaper) -- Compagnia del Gesú (book label).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_09702_0287_000(bonetus_nicolaus_habes_metaphysicam_naturalem_phylosophiam_predicament071401).jpg?w=1)
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BONETUS, Nicolaus (d.1360). Habes ... Metaphysicam ... naturale[m] phylosophia[m] ... p[re]dicame[n]ta ... theologiam naturalem. Venice: Ottavio Scotto, 1505. 2° (315 x 215mm). Woodcut device at end. (Unsightly dampstain in inner margins throughout, some slightly affecting side-notes, a litle worming at end with very slight damage to text.) Contemporary North Italian calf-backed wooden boards, sides divided into four compartments, each with a lozenge pattern made out of ropework (clasps defective, rubbed, short splits in spine). Provenance: Paolo Zobio (ownership inscription, dated 20 April, on an endpaper) -- Compagnia del Gesú (book label).
Bonetus, after receiving a good education, taught theology at the University of Paris with great success earning him the title of Doctor Pacificus. He was a member of the papal embassies to Kublai Khan and as a result was consecrated Bishop of Mileve in Africa. Adams B-2414.
Bonetus, after receiving a good education, taught theology at the University of Paris with great success earning him the title of Doctor Pacificus. He was a member of the papal embassies to Kublai Khan and as a result was consecrated Bishop of Mileve in Africa. Adams B-2414.