THOMAS DE AQUINO, LIBELLUS, c. 1490.

THOMAS AQUINAS (THOMAS DE AQUINO). Libellus sancti Thome de Aquino de Vicijs et Virtutib(us) numero Quaternario procedens, No place, printer or date (but probably Leipzig, Konrad Kachelofen, ca. 1490)
Small 4:o (about 197x135 mm., binding 204x146 mm.). (10, of 12 leaves, signed Ai-AviBi-Biv, lacking last 2 blank signed Bv-Bvi). 34-46 lines.
Recently bound in vellum leaf from an old antifonar. Last four leaves partly dampstained. Some foxing. Old owner inscription on Biv verso "Ex libris Anders Laurentij".
HC 1392 or 1393, probably false attribution.

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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