Opera omnia … — Paris 1518

Omnia opera in unum volumen congesta solerti cura ac diligentia emendata: atque nunc primum parrisiis impressa. — Venundantur in edibus Joannis Petit sub lilio aureo  … (Colophon:) … cura ac diligentia magistri Andree boucard calcographi: Impensis vero Johannis petit universitatis bibliopole … Anno supra millesimum quingentesimo decimo octavo. die vero. xij. Julij.

Paris, André Bocard for Jean Petit, 12th July 1518

First complete edition

Folio (325 x 228 mm). aa⁸ a⁶ b-t⁸ v2; A¹⁰ B-N⁸ O⁶: (8), 152; 122 leaves. 17th c mottled calf, upper joint splitted, cords intact, spine richly gilt. – ustc 144939; Adams R 502; BP16 103598. A very crisp copy with ample margins.

¶ Richard, born in Scotland, died in 1173, scholastic and mystical writer, abbot of St. Victor near Paris, follower of Hugo of St. Viktor. Our edition is preceded by an incomplete 1506 Venetian 8vo printing of Opera, not Opera omnia, which lacks De trinitate and many other tracts. The editor of our edition is Jacques Merlin.