1610 BIBLE COMMENTARY by PETRUS AUREOLI antique BLIND STAMPED PIGSKIN w/ CLASPS

Aureoli, Petrus

Notationes in universam sacram scripturam, quibus omnia fere loca difficilia quae tam in veteri quam in Novo Testamento reperiuntur dilucide breviterque explicantur.

Paris, Buon ; 1610.

With engraved title page and 1 full-length copperplate engraving.

4 lvs., 291 lvs, 1 blank leaf.


Original blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards with 2 intact clasps. Manuscript title to the spine.

Size 4 1/2 by 6 3/4 inches


One of two printings of the first edition from the same year (the other also in Paris by Fouet); both printings are extremely rare.

- A concise overview of the contents of the entire Christian Bible with explanations of controversial views; from the pen of the scholastic theologian and philosopher Petrus Aureoli (c. 1280-1322).


Minor wear, some toning

- From the library of the Jesuit retreat house in Oettingen (inscribed in an old hand on the title page). -

Text in Latin
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