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BONAVENTURA (1221-74). Opuscula. - OCTAVIANUS DE MARTINIS. Oratio in vitam et merita S. Bonaventurae. Strasbourg: Martin Flach, 31 October 1489.
Fourth edition of a compilation of shorter works, both genuine and spurious. The life of St Bonaventura by Octavianus de Martinis appears here for the first time. HC *3465; GW 4647; BMC I 150; BSB-Ink B-671; Goff B-927.
Chancery folio (290 x 210mm). With final blank leaf, initials in red, green, or blue, rubricated (small wormholes in first 5 quires, some spotting). Contemporary German blindstamped pigskin, title in manuscript on upper cover (missing clasps, some wormholes). Provenance: Strasbourg, unidentified convent (17th-century inscription on title) – ‘CA’ (stamp on title and top edge) -- Munich, Royal Library (‘Duplum’).
Fourth edition of a compilation of shorter works, both genuine and spurious. The life of St Bonaventura by Octavianus de Martinis appears here for the first time. HC *3465; GW 4647; BMC I 150; BSB-Ink B-671; Goff B-927.
Chancery folio (290 x 210mm). With final blank leaf, initials in red, green, or blue, rubricated (small wormholes in first 5 quires, some spotting). Contemporary German blindstamped pigskin, title in manuscript on upper cover (missing clasps, some wormholes). Provenance: Strasbourg, unidentified convent (17th-century inscription on title) – ‘CA’ (stamp on title and top edge) -- Munich, Royal Library (‘Duplum’).
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