€1,850
Incunabula: Boethius. De Consolatione Philosophiae. Cologne, 1497. Title page with large woodcut device depicting a medieval scholastic scene with a master lecturing to students. Features commentary by Thomas Aquinas. Printed in Latin by Heinrich Quentell in Cologne. The Consolation serves as a philosophical treatise written while Boethius was imprisoned in Pavia, exploring themes of the vanity of fortune, the nature of evil, and the providence of God. Presented in custon-made clamshell box.
Title page and tabula – 6 printed leaves, Prohenium lacks first leaf and then Aii to Aiii
Metrum Primu – 2 printed leaves, Liber Primus - ai to aiiii + 2 un-numbered, Metrum Terrium – bi to biiii + 2, c to l, 6 leaves each, ki to kiiii + 4 un-numbered leaves, l to z, 6 leaves each. A to D, 6 leaves each Ei to Eiiii, Fi to Fiii and 1 unnumbered leaf.
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