(PHILOSOPHY; EARLY PRINTING: RARIORA) BOETHIUS SEVERINUS Duplex co[m]mentatio et integro reposita et recognita in Boetius (seu Boethum mauis) de consolatione philosophica & de disciplina scholastica: Ea videlicet que diuo Thome aquinato ascribitur: Et que ab Ascensio recentius est emissa: una cum libello de moribus in mēsa informādis omnibus in teneris annis constitutis pernecessario a Sulpitio Verulano edite. Venu[n]da[n]tur a Petro mareschal [et] Barnaba chaussard Impressorib[us] Lugd. [et] bibliopolis iuxta [con]ventu[m] fratrum p[rae]dicato[rum] dict nostre dame de confort. (Colophon, on verso of title page: Jodocus Badius Ascentius Petro Mareschal & Barnaba Chaussard Bibliopoli de studiosa iuventute optime merto assiduae merenti ... Ex Lutetia parisiana pridie kalendas Augusti 1511, Colophon, at the end of the first part: 8 September 1511).). Two parts in one volume, 4to (230x165); [116], [24] leaves (a-o8, p4; A-C8). title page printed in red and black , beautiful large woodcut printer’s mark of Marechal and Chaussard, several woodcut initials, contemporary well preserved vellum, seal and handwritten annotation on title page, ownership annotation on verso of title page., an excellent and genuine copy, on large and crisp paper. First published in 1503, the present one is a reprint of the 1509 edition. With commentary by Josse Badius and a previous one attributed to Thomas Aquinas. Mareschal and Chaussard were associated from 1492 until 1516. One of the rarest edition of this milestone of medieval philosophy, a nice addition for every high-class collector’s library. Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius (Rome, 475/477 – Pavia, 524/526) was a Roman philosopher and senator : his works had a profound influence on medieval Christian philosophy, so much so that some consider him one of the founders or precursors of Scholasticism, particularly in relation to the famous dispute over universals. He was the principal collaborator of King Theodoric, holding the office of magister officiorum (September 522 – August 523). In the climate of cultural revival that peace made possible during the reign of the Gothic king, Boethius conceived the ambitious project of translating the works of Plato and Aristotle into Latin. PROVENANCE: François Martinengo, bishop of Nice. He was a minor friar of the observance and advisor and grand chaplain of Duke Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy. He was a famous orator and reader in theology. He was appointed bishop of Nice in 1600 and died in 1620. During his episcopate the Jesuits and the Poor Clares settled in Nice.  RENOUARD, Josse Badius, II, p. 209, n. 19; BAUDRIER, XI, p. 510-511; about the printers: BAUDRIER, XI, pp. 461-513