Live auction - Lot 850
[Philosophy]
Opera in quibus theologiae mysteria plurima [...]. Item in philosophia, praesertim in mathematicis, difficultates multae [...]. Postremo ex utroque iure de maximis ciuilibus & ecclesiasticis rebus consilia.
Basel, H. Petri, August 1565
€ 800 / 1.000
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Lot description
Folio: [96]-1176-[2] pp. (lacking last f. Ppp10 with printer's mark; sm. lack of paper in ff. Ooo7-Ppp2 with loss of some letters (transcription loosely added)).
19th-c. blind-stamped calf over wood, blind arms on covers, edges bevelled inside, metal corner pcs, metal clasps and catches, gilt spine with 4 raised bands, sp. edges (rubbed, head and tail def.). Excellent well-preserved copy.
Voluminous ed. of the collected works of the German philosopher and mathematician Nicolaus Cusanus (1401-1464). Woodcut mark on title. Woodcut diagrams.
Ref. VD16 N-1545. - Adams C-3131. - STC German (BL) 470.
Prov. Arenberg (blind arms on covers). - Ownership entry on title. - Libr. stamps.