De consolatione philosophiae libri V. Cum praefatione P. Bertii.

32mo, 8 x 5 cm : [65]-174-[2 bl.] pp. (titlep. sl. brown.).

Cont. sheep (corners and sides sl. rubbed), gilt orn. spine on 4 raised bands (joints rubbed and locally splitting, defect. at head & tail), spr. edges. Good copy.

Very rare small (but not miniature) ed. of Boethius' philosophical work, edited by the humanist theologian and scholar Pierre Bertius (Beveren 1565-Paris 1629). Engraved title. At the end "De metris Boethianis libellus" and "Locorum et versuum Graecorum...". Modern unidentified ex-libris. Ref. Welsh 1347. STCN (only one copy, Amsterdam). - Not in Bondy, Spielmann, COPAC, Bn-Opale plus.