Super quarto libro Sententia[rum]

[310] leaves ; 32 cm (fol.) Title from incipit (a2 recto): Sancti Thome de Aquino ordinis predicato[rum] super quarto libro sententia[rum] preclarum opus feliciter incipit Imprint from colophon (H2 verso): Opus p[re]cla[rum] sacre pagine doctoris eximii sancti Thome de aquino super quartum sententia[rum] impendio Johannis de Colonia: Nicolai Jenson socioru[m]q[ue] summa cu[m] dilige[n]tia Venetiis imp[re]ssum finit: Anno salutis d[omi]nice .M.cccclxxxi. octavo calendas Julii Signatures: a-z¹⁰ A-H¹⁰ (a1=blank) Chancery folio; printed in double columns, a3 recto: 56 lines plus headline, 207 (219) x 138 mm; types: 150G, 74G; initial spaces without guide letters; publisher's device in red For variants see CIBN COPY NOTE: (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.32 FOLIO with large initial on a2 recto rubricated in blue and red. Rubricated in alternating blue and red throughout. Leaf dimensions: 302 x 205 mm. PROVENANCE: (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.32 FOLIO with bookplate of the BPL Bates Fund. Dealer's notes, codes, etc., at front. Early/contemporary price inscription on a1 recto ("Iste liber constat [...]") Title inscribed on a1 recto in an early hand. Autograph of Martin Joseph von Reider, dated 1828, on a1 recto ("Martinus Jos. de Reider Bambergae 1828 Mart. II"). BPL perforation stamp on a2 recto. Purchased in August, 1921. BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.32 FOLIO bound in early/contemporary blind tooled pigskin over wood boards. Spine coated in gray paint, later manuscript label at head. Original brass catch plates, clasps wanting. Medieval parchment manuscript waste hinges at front and back (Psalms, written in a romanesque script, rubricated, single columns of approximately 75 mm). Parchment manuscript waste sewing guards throughout.