Guillermus-1500

GUILLERMUS, BISHOP OF PARIS [WILLIAM OF AUVERGNE]

Rhetorica divina Guillermi Parisie[nsis]

Paris: Andre Bocard, for Jean Petit, 1500
  • $3,750.00

THIRD EDITION of William of Auvergne’s meditation on the subject of prayer. This work was first published in 1491 and again in 1492.

Octavo. 152 printed leaves. Beautifully rebound in (early) printed leaf over boards with vellum manuscript leaves on paste-downs. Printers device on title and verso of final leaf; rubricated in red and blue. Small hole to margin of first few leaves; occasional light dampstaining to margins; a superb and quite desirable copy.