Johannes Gallensis

4to (210 x 138mm.), 262 leaves, [A-Z a-i⁸ k⁶], 27 lines plus headline, gothic type, 2- to 4-line initials in red, red paraphs, initial strokes and underlining, contemporary stamped calf over wooden boards from the bindery of the Weddern Charterhouse (EDBD w002359), two clasps, early annotations, old paper repair on [Z]6 reusing a paper manuscript, rebacked with new endpapers, lacking both straps

Goff J328; H 7440; BMC i 191; BSB-Ink I-574; GW M13986

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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A LARGE CRISP COPY. Johannes Gallensis (John of Wales) was a Franciscan who studied at Oxford and taught at Paris and Bologna in the thirteenth century. His Summa collationum was designed as a handbook for preachers regarding state and society, but was considered of more interest politically. This is probably the first edition of the text, closely followed by another Cologne edition dated 1472, printed by Arnold Ther Hoernen.