Author
Nicolas d’Orbelles
Title
Expositio in quattuor libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi.
Varying form of title
Eximii doctoris magistri Nicholai de orbellis sup[er] se[n]te[n]cias co[m]pendiu[m] p[er]utile
Varying form of title
Eximii doctoris magistri Nicholai de orbellis super sentencias compendium perutile
Varying form of title
Sup[er] se[n]te[n]cias co[m]pendiu[m] p[er]utile
Varying form of title
Super sentencias compendium perutile
Imprint
Rouen : Martin Morin, for Jean Richard, Jean Alexandre at Anger and Jean Petit at Paris, [about 1497-1500]
Physical description
400 leaves ; 165 x 110 mm (8vo)
Note
Title and imprint from ISTC.
Note
Title on leaf [A]1r: "Eximii doctoris magistri Nicholai de orbellis sup[er] se[n]te[n]cias co[m]pendiu[m] p[er]utile elega[n]tiora doctoris subtilis dicta su[m]matum co[m]plecte[n]s q[uo]d dudu[m] multis viciatu[m] erroribus castigatissime fuit recognitu[m] ac noue impressioni Rothomagi co[m]me[n]datum.".
Note
Colophon on leaf [con con]8r: "Nu[n]c diligentissime in rothomagi ciuitate impressioni datus studio et opera Magistri Martini morin rothomagi [com]mora[n]tis iuxta prioratu[m] sancti laudi: expensis vero Ioha[n]nis alexandrii librarii."
Note
Device of Jean Richard on verso of last leaf, with colophon "Uenunda[n]tur Rothomagi in domo Iohannis richardi mercatoris.". Some other copies have the a different device, with colophon "Uenunda[n]tur parisius in vico sancti Iacobi ad i[n]tersigniu[m] leonis arge[n]tei". According to the Bayerische Staatsbibliokthek in Munich, it is the device of Jean Alexandre, and the address is that of Jean Petit in Paris.
Note
Signatures: [A]8 B-Z8 [con]8 aa-uu8 vv8 xx-zz8 **8 [con con]8.
Note
Woodcut initials; printed marginalia.
Note
Only the first leaf of each gathering is signed.
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Leaf size: 165 x 110 mm; volume size: 172 x 123 x 52 mm.
Note
According to the ISTC, IGI and CIBN suggest that the date of printing was about 1499-1500; Goff dates it to about 1497.
Citation/references note
ISTC, io00077400
Citation/references note
Goff, O76
Citation/references note
IGI, 7020
Citation/references note
CIBN, O-42
Citation/references note
CLC, O160
Citation/references note
David G. Selwyn, Edmund Geste and his books (London, 2017), O19
Provenance
Probably belonged to Edmund Guest (1514?-1577), with characteristic pressmark (N49) and title on fore-edge.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
19th-century brown half calf; boards covered with marbled paper; spine with five semi-raised bands; author and title lettered in gilt on spine; drab endleaves; historic shelfmark (N49) characteristic of books from Edmund Guest, and title in ink on fore-edge.
Subject
Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160 Sententiarum libri IV.
Subject
Theology Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160 Sententiarum libri IV.
Added entry--name
Morin, Martin, active 1488-1523 printer.
Added entry--name
Alexandre, Jean, -1505 publisher.
Added entry--name
Richart, Jehan, active 1494-1517 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Petit, Jean, active 1492-1530 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Guest, Edmund, 1514?-1577 former owner.
Added entry--place
France Rouen.
Added entry--place
France Angers.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
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