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AUGUSTINUS, AURELIUS, Saint.
Prima[-undecima] pars librorum Divi
Aurelii Augustini.
[80]; [144]; [128]; [306]; [360]; [206]; [359] (of [360]); [402]; [236];
[312]; [258] leaves, including final blank in Volumes 1, 3, and 7, 10, and 11; lacks the title to
Volume 7 (De civitate Dei). 11 volumes in 8. Folio, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin
over wooden boards, sizes (320x225 mm and smaller) and bindings not uniform, lacking
catches and clasps, cloth shelf labels on spines, some spine ends chipped, Volume 7 and 8
front joints cracked with cords intact, Volume 10/11 front cover detached; St. Charles
Borromeo Seminary stamp on title (or first leaf in Volume 7) and accession number on
next leaf in each volume, early underscoring and marginalia throughout, occasional toning,
infrequent minor marginal dampstaining and worming not impairing legibility, scattered
clean tears, Volume 1 title soiled, first gathering loose in Volume 7, Volumes 10 and 11
partly browned, Volume 10 title soiled and detached, following leaves loose, lower outer
corner off C5 affecting a few letters. Jauer [i. e., Jawor, Poland] Franciscan inscriptions and
bookplates.
(Basel: Johann Amerbach, Johann Petri, & Johann Froben, 1505-06)
[2,000/3,000]
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION
of the writings of St. Augustine. Adams A2156 (except for
Volume 7, which collates as Adams A2191).
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AUGUSTINUS, AURELIUS, Saint.
De civitate Dei.
Large woodcut on verso in
2 compartments showing St. Augustine above and the Two Cities below. [362] leaves.
BOUND AFTER HIS
:
De summa Trinitate.
[116] leaves. Together, 2 volumes in one, each
with title in red and black with printer’s device within woodcut historiated border by Urs
Graf. Folio, 306x211 mm, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, lacking
catches and clasps, small wormholes through covers and front and back of contents slightly
affecting some text; paper corrosion along fore edge of first and last few leaves, marginal
dampstaining on opening leaves of De summa Trinitate. Rheinfelden Capuchin ownership
inscription; signatures of Johannes Kaininiger dated 1519; Christophorus Aichinger, 1550;
Burghard Herbort, 1590; and Jacob Bürg or Bürgi, 1597.
(Basel: Adam Petri for Johann Koberger in Nuremberg) 1515; 1515
[2,000/3,000]
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