Apr 09, 2015 - Sale 2379

Sale 2379 - Lot 88

Price Realized: $ 3,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
PETRUS LOMBARDUS. Sententiarum libri. IV. [251] (of [252]) leaves, including blank t6; lacks final blank S8. Gothic type. Rubricated. Folio, 309x216 mm, contemporary blind-tooled calf over wooden boards with brass catches and clasps, contemporary brass center- and cornerpieces on front cover, later bosses on rear cover, rebacked at an early date, hinges reinforced; occasional light marginal soiling and dampstains, title soiled and stained with early inscriptions on paper cuttings mounted on recto and verso, blank lower outer corners off H2, free endpapers lacking. [Basel]: (Nicolaus Kesler, 19 February 1492)

Additional Details

Fifteenth edition of the standard textbook of theology during the Middle Ages, composed in the mid-12th century and first published in an undated edition apparently no later than 1471. This is the sixth edition to include the commentary by Henricus de Gorinchem. Hain 10197; BMC III, 770; Goff P495; ISTC ip00495000. See also lot 122.