"Aurea ac pene divina" - Petrus aureolus - Venice 1507 - An unsophisticated copy of this Post-incunable religious commentary in original binding with woodcuts, printed manicules, and manuscript waste to spine.

Petrus Aureolus

"Aurea ac pene divina totius sacre pagine commentaria compendiose edita per clarissimum theologum fratrem Petrum Aureolum seraphici ordinis alumnum: ac Sancte Romane Ecclesie cardinalem nouissime in lucem e tenebris excerpta"

[Golden and almost divine commentaries on the entire sacred page, concisely edited by the most illustrious theologian, Brother Peter Aureolus, a student of the Seraphic Order: and by the Holy Roman Church, a cardinal, most recently brought into light from darkness.]

An unsophisticated copy of this post-incunable religious commentary in its original binding and with manuscript waste to spine.

-Printed in Venice by Lazzaro de' Soardi (with woodcut printer’s mark to colophon)

-29th October 1507 (post-incunable)

-Complete: 91 [i.e. 93], [1] c. : ill. ; 4to (A-Y4, Z6)

-With two woodcuts: a cardinal writing at desk (title-page) and the Virgin Mary with Child (final leaf)

-Bound in original limp vellum with yapp edges and probable 14th century manuscript waste visible to spine. Worn with cracks to spine (revealing manuscript waste) and binding loosening slightly from text block.

-Internally browning to a few quires, old mild water staining to first 4 quires (see TP image), small losses to fly leaves (not printed text), but overall very good.

This is an attractive portable Venetian theological quarto by the Franciscan theologian Petrus Aureolus (c.1280–1322). The work is a concise commentary on Sacred Scripture which was intended as a practical theological compendium. Its portable quarto format reflects active scholarly and devotional use. Printed during the transitional phase of Venetian printing, the volume retains numerous features inherited directly from manuscript culture, including printed manicules. 

A nice example of post-incunable printing in its original state, highlighting the transition from manuscript to printing culture.

OCLC records 20 institutional copies (OCLC: 954874698).