(1521). BERSUIRE (Pierre). DICTIONARIUM SEU REPERTORIUM MORA - Lot 93

(1521). BERSUIRE (Pierre). DICTIONARIUM SEU REPERTORIUM MORALE TRIBUS DISTINCTUM PARTIBUS. Paris, Claude Chevallon, March 28, 1521. Gothic folio of 281-1bl.-[12] leaves, light calf, cold-stamped boards (period binding). First part (of 3) of the repertorium (A to D) by Pierre Bercheure, a 14th-century Benedictine scholar. This vast repertory is a kind of encyclopedia containing articles on all subjects, with lively satires on the mores of the time in their explanations. The author shows himself to be a theologian, physicist, physician, anatomist, geographer, astronomer,... Title in red and black in a rich woodcut frame. Binding damaged and missing, scattered light rings (USTC 180840) (Brunet I, 819).