Mediavilla, Commentum super quarto libro Sententiarum Petri Lombardi, Venice, 1499, contemporary morocco

Richardus de Mediavilla

Commentum super quarto libro Sententiarum Petri Lombardi [edited by Franciscus Gregorius]. [Venice]: Bonetus Locatellus, for the heirs of Octavianus Scotus, 17 December 1499

4to (206 x 150mm.), 358 leaves, aa-bb⁸ cc¹⁰ a-z [et] [con] [rum] A-O⁸ P¹², double column, 54 lines plus headline, gothic type, woodcut initials, woodcut printer's device on final leaf, contemporary Venetian tooled brown morocco over pasteboard with a later spine covering of calf with a manuscript paper label, red edges, author's name on foredge, stubs from four pairs of ties, some deckle edges, slight staining at end, some wormholes in binding and adjacent leaves

Richard of Middleton (c. 1249-c. 1308), an English or French Franciscan theologian, composed his commentary on Peter Lombard between 1285 and 1295. It was first printed in around 1474.

PROVENANCE

"Iste liber est francisci --", inscription at foot of title-page; William Reynolds, letterpress booklabel; D.L. Cumming, signature on inside front cover

LITERATURE

ISTC im00426000