De consolatione philosophiae. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger 12 November 1476. 139(of 140) leaves. 34 lines per page, with table and commentary in two columns. Rubricated. Folio (280 x 409 mm). Modern full tan pigskin, spine with six raised bands. Lacking final blank only, preliminary leaves and final leaf carefully restored with Japanese tissue paper, scattered worming predominately affecting first portion of volume, some early marginalia including 1 2/3 pages of dense notes on the seventh leaf which is a blank, a few instances of faint stains, an excellent copy with generous margins. First edition with this commentary. BMC Vol. 3, p.763, col. 658, Goff B-771. Boethius was one of the first scholastics and an important transmitter of classical thought with a translation of works by Aristotle and Plato and works on music, geometry, and astonomy. De consolatione philosophiae is generally held to be his greatest work. He uses material from Aristotle, Plato, and the Neoplatonists to discuss the problem of the universe. His work had a great influence on medieval education and literature and its influence can be found in Dante's Divina Commedia, in Beowulf, in Chaucer, and in many other works. See illustration.
De consolatione philosophiae. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger 12 November 1476. 139(of 140) leaves. 34 lines per page, with table and commentary in two columns. Rubricated. Folio (280 x 409 mm). Modern full tan pigskin, spine with six raised bands. Lacking final blank only, preliminary leaves and final leaf carefully restored with Japanese tissue paper, scattered worming predominately affecting first portion of volume, some early marginalia including 1 2/3 pages of dense notes on the seventh leaf which is a blank, a few instances of faint stains, an excellent copy with generous margins. First edition with this commentary. BMC Vol. 3, p.763, col. 658, Goff B-771. Boethius was one of the first scholastics and an important transmitter of classical thought with a translation of works by Aristotle and Plato and works on music, geometry, and astonomy. De consolatione philosophiae is generally held to be his greatest work. He uses material from Aristotle, Plato, and the Neoplatonists to discuss the problem of the universe. His work had a great influence on medieval education and literature and its influence can be found in Dante's Divina Commedia, in Beowulf, in Chaucer, and in many other works. See illustration.
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