Lot 1

Bonaventura (Saint) Commentarius in secundum librum Sententiarum Petri Lombardi, editio princeps, Treviso, Hermannus Liechtenstein, 1477.

Hammer Price: £3,000

Description

Bonaventura (Saint) Commentarius in secundum librum Sententiarum Petri Lombardi, editio princeps, collation: A-O10 P-Q8 R10 a-f10 g12 h-p10 q-r8 334 leaves, complete, 49 lines, double column, Gothic letter, first recto and final verso a little soiled, slight fraying to lower edge of first leaf, some light water-staining, mostly marginal, light ink stain to a few leaves, occasional soiling and light foxing, some early ink marginalia, 19th century pastiche of blind-stamped morocco-backed wooden boards, remains of clasps, slightly rubbed, chancery folio (282 x 199mm.), Treviso, Hermannus Liechtenstein, 1477.

⁂ A very wide-margined copy of the editio princeps of this work, one of seven printed by Liechtenstein in Treviso in 1477 before he moved back to Vicenza and then to Venice.

Provenance: Libreria Antiquaria Ulrico Hoepli (bookplate).

Literature: Goff B872; IGI 1884; BMC VI 892; GW 4658.

Description

Bonaventura (Saint) Commentarius in secundum librum Sententiarum Petri Lombardi, editio princeps, collation: A-O10 P-Q8 R10 a-f10 g12 h-p10 q-r8 334 leaves, complete, 49 lines, double column, Gothic letter, first recto and final verso a little soiled, slight fraying to lower edge of first leaf, some light water-staining, mostly marginal, light ink stain to a few leaves, occasional soiling and light foxing, some early ink marginalia, 19th century pastiche of blind-stamped morocco-backed wooden boards, remains of clasps, slightly rubbed, chancery folio (282 x 199mm.), Treviso, Hermannus Liechtenstein, 1477.

⁂ A very wide-margined copy of the editio princeps of this work, one of seven printed by Liechtenstein in Treviso in 1477 before he moved back to Vicenza and then to Venice.

Provenance: Libreria Antiquaria Ulrico Hoepli (bookplate).

Literature: Goff B872; IGI 1884; BMC VI 892; GW 4658.

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