Author
Denis, the Carthusian, 1402-1471 author.
Title
D. Dionysij Carthusiani enarrationes piæ ac eruditæ, in quinque libros sapientiales Salomonis..
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Enarrationes piæ ac eruditæ, in quinque libros sapientiales Salomonis
Varying form of title
D. Dionysij Carthvsiani enarrationes piæ ac eruditæ, in quinque libros sapientiales Salomonis
Varying form of title
D. Dionysii Carthusiani enarrationes piæ ac eruditæ, in quinque libros sapientiales Salomonis
Varying form of title
Enarrationes piae ac eruditae, in quinque libros sapientiales Salomonis
Imprint
Parisiis, : Apud Ioannem Ruellium, in via Iacobæam sub signo caudæ Vupinæ., 1548..
Physical description
[16], 347, [1] leaves ; 17 cm (8vo)
Note
Woodcut printer's device on title-page; initials.
Note
With index.
Note
Signatures: a*-b*⁸ a-z⁸ A-V⁸ X⁴ (X4 blank).
Citation/references note
CLC, D572
Citation/references note
David G. Selwyn, Edmund Geste and his books (London, 2017), *D4
Provenance
Selwyn suggests that this might have been owned by Edmund Guest (1514?-1577).
Provenance
"WJ. 18 Sept. 1629" written in ink at head of recto of upper endleaf; "WJ. 6" written in ink on verso of same endleaf (the "6" might be a "s").
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.” pasted over Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate with inscription “This book belongs to the library of the Cathedral Church of New Sarum. James Evans, D. D. Librarian. 1817.”
Binding
Mid 16th-century dark brown calf over pasteboards; sewn on four tanned leather supports; blind fillets and roll forming concentric rectangular frames on boards (roll identified by Selwyn as Oldham MW.a(1) 857, signed "GK"); spine with four raised bands, blind fillets, later gilt fillets, and "Dionys: Comme: in liber: Sal:" and "1548" in gilt; evidence of two pairs of ties at fore-edge; titles in ink on for-edge; leaf of printed waste used as upper free endleaf; parchment manuscript waste used as pastedowns (identified by Selwyn as fragments from a 14th-century English manuscript of biblical history).
Copy-specific note
Manuscript notes in ink, in 16th-century hand, on upper free endleaf, in addition to title written in ink in 17th-century hand.
Copy-specific note
"Prit[iu]m hui[us] librij. xvid (crossed out) ijs iiijd.
Subject
Bible. Proverbs Commentaries.
Subject
Bible. Ecclesiastes Commentaries.
Subject
Bible. Song of Solomon Commentaries.
Added entry--name
Ruelle, Jean, -1571 printer.
Added entry--name
Guest, Edmund, 1514?-1577 associated name.
Added entry--name
W. J. associated name.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
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