Ambrosius, De officiis, Milan, 1488, later marbled calf

Ambrosius

De officiis, De obitu S. Satyri, De bono mortis. Paulinus Nolanus (i.e. Paulinus, diaconus Mediolanensis): Vita S. Ambrosii. Pseudo-Ambrosius: Vita S. Agnetis; Passio S. Vitalis et Agricolae; Passio S. Protasii et Gervasii et de inventione corporum. Pseudo-Ambrosius (i.e. Maximus, Episcopus Taurinensis): De resurrectione et cruce domini. Milan: Uldericus Scinzenzeler, for Philippus de Lavagnia, 17 January 1488

4to (187 x 136mm.), 140 leaves, a-l⁸ m⁴ A-F⁸, 37 lines, roman type, later marbled calf with blind-tooled borders, red edges, first two leaves stained, other occasional light foxing, joints repaired

LITERATURE:

ISTC ia00561000

PROVENANCE:

"Ad usum f[ratris] Z[uan?] Ambrosii a Mediolano… conventui sancti Ambrosii al Neaius(?)" [S. Ambrogio ad Nemus?], inscription on a1; ink stamp with initials S.A.N. surmounted by a cross (Franciscans of Sant'Ambrogio ad Nemus, Milan, 1650-1798)