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PETRUS COMESTOR. Historia scholastica. [230] leaves, including final blank. Gothic type. Folio, 293x210 mm, contemporary blind-stamped calf over bevelled wooden boards, brass catches, lacking clasps, worn overall, bottom spine compartment off, joints covered with paper, wormholes through covers into front and rear of contents not impairing legibility; some leaves toned. Bookplate of Saint Mary's of the Barrens Seminary. (Basel: [Johann Amerbach], 25 November 1486)
Eighth edition of a popular 12th-century bible paraphrase originally published in 1473. Hain 5537; Copinger 5535; BMC III, 749 (266x185 mm, lacking title); Goff P465; ISTC ip00465000.
