[Incunabula] Breviloquium (Opuscula part 1). 1484

Breviloquium (Opuscula part 1). Bonaventura, S. [Cologne]; "B. D. V." (Bartholomaeus de Unkel and J. Koelhoff. 1484.

Folio (280mm x 125mm) [59] leaves. [a-f8 g6 h5]. Lacks final blank (h6). Vague dampstaining in outer blank margins; some small marginal remnants of where location tabs were once present. 4 scattered library stamps (on blank leaf and a8r, c1r, h2r). Printed in double-column of 40 lines. Large manuscript initials throughout in brown and red inks. Bound in 19th century half leather over paper boards, with 5 raised bands on spine. Title gilt on spine. Front and rear outer hinges rubbed. Head of spine missing a piece of leather. A square, tight, and firm copy.

Additional Information:

The first part of Bonaventura's Opuscula. The complete edition was printed in 196 leaves, of which this is the first 59. GW 4644 (their copy with title-leaf a1, but mentioning a version w. "Bl. 1a auch leer"); Hain 3463 (version without title); Goff B-924. OCLC 810839504. ISTC ib00924000.

Provenance: Bequest of the Rev. Patrick Brady of The Diocese of New York, 1894, to St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie, N.Y.