Bonaventura, Commentarius in... Petri Lombardi, Treviso, 1477, later vellum

Bonaventura

Commentarius in secundum librum Sententiarum Petri Lombardi. Treviso: Hermannus Liechtenstein, 1477

folio (272 x 190mm.), 334 leaves, A-O¹⁰ P-Q⁸ R a-f¹⁰ g¹² h-p¹⁰ q-r⁸, with a duplicate sheet of R5_6 added in the middle of quire P, quire g misbound before quire a, double column, 49 lines, initials supplied in red or blue, some with penwork decoration, later vellum, annotations washed from foot of title-page,a few quires strengthened around sewing, small wormhole along foot of a few leaves

A tall copy. Liechtenstein had printed in Vicenza before moving to Treviso in collaboration with Michele Manzolo, a printer and paper mill owner. Liechtenstein printed seven works in Treviso in 1477 before moving back to Vicenza and then to Venice.

LITERATURE:

ISTC ib00872000

PROVENANCE:

Franciscan convent of S. Spiritus, Feltre, early ownership inscription on final verso, "hic liber pertinet ad locum sancti spiritus apud felt^m"; engraved armorial bookplate on front flyleaf