Petrus Lombardus, Sententiae, Venice, 1489, old vellum

PETRUS LOMBARDUS

Sententiarum libri IV. Henricus de Gorichem: Conclusiones. Thomas Aquinas: Tituli quaestionum, Articuli Parisiis. Venice: [Bonetus Locatellus] for Octavianus Scotus, 16 December 1489

Chancery folio (295 x 209mm.), 256 leaves, double column, 50 lines plus headline, gothic type, 4- to 7-line initial spaces with printed guides, woodcut printer's device beneath colophon, later vellum, m2 with small marginal tear, occasional light foxing, lacking 2 pairs of ties

Peter Lombard's Sententiae were written between 1148 and 1158, and are here accompanied by the commentary of Henricus de Gorichem (died 1431). There is an additional preface by the chancellor of the University of Paris, Etienne Tempier (died 1279), decrying the errors made by students at the university which lead to heresy; in 1277 he had issued a list of 219 doctrines that were considered heretical.

LITERATURE:

Goff P493; HC 10200; BMC v 437; BSB-Ink P-386; Bod-inc P-231; GW M32499

PROVENANCE:

Frater Antonius de Bovasius, Order of Minims of San Francesco di Paola (and Provincial of the General Chapter of Genoa in 1710), inscription on title-page; Biblioteca Giuliari, armorial bookplate; sale, Sotheby's, 11 June 2002, lot 35