AUGUSTIN D'ANCÔNE (circa 1241-1328). Summa de... Lot 12

AUGUSTIN D'ANCÔNE (circa 1241-1328). Summa de ecclesiastica potestate. S.l.n.d. [Lyon: Petrus Ungarus (Pierre Hongre), not after 1480]. Incunabulum edition of this famous work of theology, an ardent defense of the power of the Pope and of the theocracy. ISTC ia01366000 BMC VIII 268 BSB-Ink A-844 Goff A1366 GW 3053. In-folio (288 x 197 mm). 261 sheets (the first white sheet is missing). 2 columns, 54 rows. Rubbed copy with red and blue inks, initials illuminated with the same inks, of varying heights, the largest being 13 lines high (freckles and scattered stitches). Half vellum from the 18th century, blue cardboard plates, title in brown ink on the back, speckled edges, remains of library sides (rubbing with cardboard). Provenance: on the back of the last leaf, manuscript ex-libris of the Chartreuse Saints-Donatien-et-Rogatien de Nantes -- some old marginal annotations and additions (see leaf a2v). - (USD 935 - USD 1,402) To bid, please consult the "Auction Information" section.