De vera philosophia libri IIII. ex quatuor Ecclesiae doctoribus conscripti [...].

8vo: [143 (of 144)] ff. (lacking prelim. blank a8; toned, some minor dampstaining and thumbing, a few minor stains, old repair to blank bottom corner C7 [I]).

Old half vellum, green tinted covers, spine on 4 raised bands (spine sl. splitting). Very good copy.

Rare treatise on religious philosophy by the Italian humanist Cardinal Castellesi (1460-1521). Woodcut mark on title. Prov. A few old annotations. - On front endpaper an inscription in memory of his mother (dated 1678) by the Helmstedt theology professor Heinrich Rixner (1634-1692). - "Sum M. Rodolphi Hillebrandi Bremensis" (old ownership entry on title). - Society of Writers to her Majesty’s Signet (armorial bookpl. Edinburgh, library partly sold 1959-1964 and 1979). Ref. VD-16 C-1483. - Adams C-906. - STC German (BL) 186. Bound with: 1. Curio, Coelius Secundus – Araneus, seu De prouidentia Dei, libellus uere aureus, cum alijs nonnullis eiusdem opusculis [...]. Basel, J. Oporinus, July 1544. 8vo: [40]-184 (= 284)-[2, 2 bl.] pp. Theological treatise by the Italian protestant humanist in Switzerland Celio Secondo Curione (1503-1569). Ref. VD-16 C-6416. - Adams C-3082. - STC German 232. - 2. Wicelius, Georgius – Sylvula dictorum ecclesiasticorum e S. Patribus promiscue collectorum. Mainz, Fr. Behem, 1544. 8vo: 96 ff. Rare anthology of quotations from the Church Fathers, collected by the German theologian Witzel (1501-1573). Woodcut mark at the end. Ref. VD-16 W-4021. - Adams W-134. - Not in STC German.