








MARCHESINUS, MAMMOTRECTUS SUPER BIBLIAM, VENICE 1485.
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MARCHESINUS, JOHANNES. Mammotrectus super Bibliam. Venice (Franciscus de Madiis) 1485.
8:o (about 180x120 mm., binding 190x126 mm.). (241, of 242, lacks first blank) ll. 39 lines, 2 columns.
Near contemporary worn half calf over wooden boards, lacks clasps and fitting on upper board, spine in four compartments, later spine label, some worming.
First leaf signed A2 damaged in lower margin with small loss of text.Some minor foxing. Some marginal annotations,first 2 leaves with manuscript index. First endpaper with old owners annotation. Bookplate of Gerald P. Mander, Tettenhall Wood, Staffordshire.
Hain 10564, GW M 20823.
Mammotrectus super Bibliam ("nourisher on the Bible") of John Marchesinus is a guide to understanding the text of the Bible. It is one of the most important Franciscan school texts of the later Middle Ages and was written for the education of clerics. The Mammotrectus was written in Latin at the end of the 13th century. It was the most important work of Marchesinus. He based his work mainly on Expositiones vocabulorum biblie of the Franciscan William Brito, written between 1250 and 1270.
The first printed edition was published in Mainz by Peter Schöffer in 1470. (Wikipedia).
Provenance: Sven Borgström was born in Malmö in 1927 and worked as a chemist in Stockholm, Malmö and Lund. His fine library which was built up over many years, consists mainly of older books dated from the 15th century to the late 18th century. His book-collecting began, as it perhaps should, with an incunabula. Borgström's interests included printers, book bindings, book illustrations, and he was interested in history, travel and maps. As a result of previous coin collecting, the subject of numismatics was also of interest in his library. Sven Borgström died 95 years old.
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