Paris, Audoenus Parvus, 1557. With woodcut floral initial at the beginning. (8), 456, (2) leaves. 8vo. Contemp. blind-tooled pigskin over three raised bands, date "1561" stamped on front cover, roll-stamp with "Spes, Fides, Charitas and Justitita" symbols around covers, remnants of old paper label and old ms. title on spine (some spotting or darkening, ties lacking). Paris, Audoenus Parvus, 1557. Probably unrecorded Paris 16th-century edition of Petrus Lombardus' main work, in an edition prepared by Jean Aleaume, with a preface dated Paris 1537. The Italian born Petrus Lombardus (died c. 1160) became bishop of Paris in 1159. Nine years prior to that he finished writing his present theological and philosophical tract, a systematic summa of the theological questions of the time. Apart from some statements refuted by the church, the "Sententia" became one of the most influential compendia read and discussed throughout the late Middle Ages. - Several old ms. ownership entries on title, library stamp on title and first flyleaf, leaf 384 with old underlining in red ink, some browning throughout. - Not in Adams, STC (French), Brunet, or Graesse. RELIGION / THEOLOGY ;

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Bookseller: Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat (CH)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 32172-172
Title: Sententiarum libri IIII. Ed. by Iohannes Aleaume.
Author: PETRUS LOMBARDUS
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Paris, Audoenus Parvus
Date Published: 1557
Keywords: RELIGION / THEOLOGY ;

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