Aureum opus de veritate contritionis.

8vo: clij [= 152]-[25-1 bl.] ff. (title soiled and underlaid, some marginal dampstaining).

Mod. vellum, flat spine with gilt morocco label.

Extremely rare (2nd recorded copy) Dude ed. of the very popular treatise on grief and repentance by the Italian Dominican theologian Vivaldi (active 1475-1520). The ed. was printed by J. Barbier and issued by himself, Ch. Dude and Fr. Regnault. Title in red and black. Text in Gothic type. Large woodcut mark of Dude on title.
Ref. BP16 102135 (3 issues together). - Moreau II:481. - Pettegree (FB) 90916. - USTC 209648 ("lost book").
Prov. Old name on title; another ownership entry deleted. - A number of reader’s marks and underlinings.