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GUILLERMUS ALVERNUS, Bishop of Paris (c.1180/90-1249). Opera. Edited by Petrus Danhauser. Additions by Johann Rosenbach. [Nuremberg: Georg Stuchs, after 31 March 1496].
First edition, and a large copy with many deckle-edges in contemporary blindstamped pigskin by Ramin. Bishop of Paris from 1228 until his death in 1249, this author is remembered as one of the earliest thinkers in the Latin West to engage with Aristotle's works on metaphysics and natural philosophy, also with Islamic and Jewish philosophers such as Avicenna (Ibn Sina) and Avicebron (Solomon Ibn Gabirol). HC *8300; GW 11862; BMC II, 470; BSB-Ink G-474; Bod-inc G-296; Goff G-708.
Chancery folio (280 x 202mm). A Lombardic initial on the title, capital spaces with guide-letters. (Marginal worming to title and first few leaves, light spotting, light browning and worming to registrum at end, gg2 with piece torn from margin). Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wood boards by Ramin at Wimpfen [Kyriss, 60, figs. 4,8 and 9], sides with pattern of crossed and intersecting fillets filled with double-headed eagle medallions, Maria banners and rosettes, front cover with worn title and ?ownership labels, spine with three raised bands and repeated device, brass clasps (soiled, some chip and scuff marks, rubbing at extremities, without free endpapers). Provenance: contemporary ownership inscription on title -- Bamberg, Dominican convent (inscription on a2r).
First edition, and a large copy with many deckle-edges in contemporary blindstamped pigskin by Ramin. Bishop of Paris from 1228 until his death in 1249, this author is remembered as one of the earliest thinkers in the Latin West to engage with Aristotle's works on metaphysics and natural philosophy, also with Islamic and Jewish philosophers such as Avicenna (Ibn Sina) and Avicebron (Solomon Ibn Gabirol). HC *8300; GW 11862; BMC II, 470; BSB-Ink G-474; Bod-inc G-296; Goff G-708.
Chancery folio (280 x 202mm). A Lombardic initial on the title, capital spaces with guide-letters. (Marginal worming to title and first few leaves, light spotting, light browning and worming to registrum at end, gg2 with piece torn from margin). Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wood boards by Ramin at Wimpfen [Kyriss, 60, figs. 4,8 and 9], sides with pattern of crossed and intersecting fillets filled with double-headed eagle medallions, Maria banners and rosettes, front cover with worn title and ?ownership labels, spine with three raised bands and repeated device, brass clasps (soiled, some chip and scuff marks, rubbing at extremities, without free endpapers). Provenance: contemporary ownership inscription on title -- Bamberg, Dominican convent (inscription on a2r).
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