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BRUTUS, Jacobus (fl. 15th-century). Corona aurea coruscantibus gemmis. Venice: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 15 January 1496/97. Chancery 4° (200 x 140mm). Roman and gothic types, 207 (of 208) leaves, 39 lines and head-line, wodcut initials. (Lacking final leaf with register and printer's device, a few leaves, including title, reinforced at inner margin, occasional light browning, a few scattered spots and tiny marginal wormholes.) 17th-century boards, manuscript title on spine and front cover, shelf-label on spine (rubbed, corners bumped). Provenance: Biblioteca Classica Italiana (stamp on title) -- Biblioteca Prov. Ven. Med. S.I. Letteraria (stamps on title) -- Compagnia del Gesú (book label and stamps).
BRUTUS, Jacobus (fl. 15th-century). Corona aurea coruscantibus gemmis. Venice: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 15 January 1496/97. Chancery 4° (200 x 140mm). Roman and gothic types, 207 (of 208) leaves, 39 lines and head-line, wodcut initials. (Lacking final leaf with register and printer's device, a few leaves, including title, reinforced at inner margin, occasional light browning, a few scattered spots and tiny marginal wormholes.) 17th-century boards, manuscript title on spine and front cover, shelf-label on spine (rubbed, corners bumped). Provenance: Biblioteca Classica Italiana (stamp on title) -- Biblioteca Prov. Ven. Med. S.I. Letteraria (stamps on title) -- Compagnia del Gesú (book label and stamps).

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BRUTUS, Jacobus (fl. 15th-century). Corona aurea coruscantibus gemmis. Venice: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 15 January 1496/97. Chancery 4° (200 x 140mm). Roman and gothic types, 207 (of 208) leaves, 39 lines and head-line, wodcut initials. (Lacking final leaf with register and printer's device, a few leaves, including title, reinforced at inner margin, occasional light browning, a few scattered spots and tiny marginal wormholes.) 17th-century boards, manuscript title on spine and front cover, shelf-label on spine (rubbed, corners bumped). Provenance: Biblioteca Classica Italiana (stamp on title) -- Biblioteca Prov. Ven. Med. S.I. Letteraria (stamps on title) -- Compagnia del Gesú (book label and stamps).

FIRST EDITION of a treatise on the immortality of the soul. Jacobus Brutus was an Italian Professor of philosophy from Castello dell'Acqua (Sondrio). He taught dialectics and theology in the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan and in the monastery of San Salvatore in Venice. HC *<\sup>4026; GW 5657; Pell 3044; IGI 2211; Bsb-Ink B-950; Bod-inc B-587; BMC V 531; Goff B-1262.

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