THOMAS AQUINAS Expositio continua super quatuor... Lot 1195

THOMAS AQUINAS Expositio continua super quatuor Evangelistas [...] Catena aurea [...] nuncupata. Lyon A. Briasson 1686 Folio: [8]-894-[9-1 bl.] pp. (some toning and marg. dampstaining). Contemp. gold-tooled sheep, covers with gilt arms in a rectangular frame with corner pieces, gilt spine with raised bands (rubbed at edges). Good copy. Extensive Gospel commentary edited by Joannes Nicolai. Title printed in red and black. Large woodcut mark on title. Ref. Merland (Rép. 17me s.) 18:180:10. Prov. Angers prize book with a full-page prize (with covered seal) awarded 21 August 1695 by the prefect of the Oratorian College to Josephus Belnoë. - Michel Le Peletier (1661-1706), bishop of Angers 1692-1706 (large gilt arms on covers). - "Joseph Belnoë prêtre" (= prize winner; name on title).