JOHANNES CHRYSOSTOMUS

De compunctione cordis. Liber 1-2 (and other works)

      [Andreas Torresanus de Asula?] [ca 1495?], [Venice] - Modern vellum 4to . FIRST EDITION of this collection of works which is centered around Johannes Chrysostomus' treatise on remorse; "De compunctione cordis. Liber 1-2". Also included are works by Saint Bernard, Saint Augustine and others: "De reparatione lapsi; Sermo de poenitentia; Quod nemo laeditur nisi a semetipso; Aurelius Augustinus, S: Sermo de lectione divina; Bernardus Claravallensis: Sermo de obsecratione; De septem misericordiis Dei." St. John Chrysostom (c. 347 - 407), doctor the Greek Church and the greatest preacher ever heard in a Christian pulpit, was name Chrysostomos, "golden-mouthed", so called on account of his eloquence. As bishop of Constantinople he enacted numerous reforms and had a leading and colorful role in the politics and events in the Byzantine Empire. Regarding this edition the ISTC (ij00281000) notes that this is actually the same as the supposed Barcelona imprint Goff J280: "Goff J280, assigned to Barcelona, is a ghost derived from the HSAL List. Vindel (using the same source) doubted that the book was Spanish, since the types were never used by Posa" [58] leaves. Gothic type; 35 lines; capital spaces some with guide letters; minor marginal damp stains to title and blank margins of last few leaves. Generally a very good copy. § Hain- Copinger 5044; IGI 5195; Proctor 4748; BMC V, 314; Goff J 281; not in the BSB. [Attributes: First Edition]