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PIERRE DE BLOIS. Opera Petri Blesensis nunc primum in lucem producta
PIERRE DE BLOIS. Opera Petri Blesensis nunc primum in lucem producta Moguntiae, ex Off. typogr. J. Albini, 1600. In-4, [20] f., 607 p., [36] f., contemporary soft parchment, smooth spine, title in ink, remains of laces (binding soiled, russ. to endpapers, uniformly and usually browned, due to the nature of the paper, q. limin. ff. placed out of order, worms' work in margins, and touching 2 letters of last f.).
Edition of the works of Pierre de Blois (ca. 1130 - ca. 1200), "an excellent scholar, court prelate, expert diplomat and who played an important role in the politics of the 12th century" (Molinier, Sources, 1902, p.201). A native of Blois, he was a pupil of John of Salisbury, studied theology in Paris, and law in Bologna; secretary to King Henry II and then to Queen Eleanor, he was at the end of his life archdeacon of London.
Text established on the manuscripts by Jean Busée (1547-1611), a Jesuit born in Nijmegen who taught in Mainz.
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