Boethius, Anicius M.T.S.

DE CONSOLATIONE PHILOSOPHIAE [with] DE DISCIPLINA SCHOLARIUM [with theCommentary of Thomas Aquinas].

      Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus. Venice Jan 9, 1489 Folio. ff.(102) complete. Double column text. Woodcut printer's device on recto of final leaf. Nicely bound in modern brown calf, tooled in antique style with blind stamped panels and geometrical design, with gilt tooled flowers. A very attractive and appropriate binding. This copy with some minor worming to the first 8 leaves and the final 2 leaves. Some light soiling & some early annotations to the text. A scarce edition of this very popular and often reprinted text in the 15th century. No copy has appeared in the American auction records in the past 30 years. Goff B786; BMC V, 437. There are two issues of this work; ours is the one which has A1 recto blank.