Johannes de Friburgensis. SUM[M]A CONFESSORU[M] REVERENDI PATRIS JOAN[N]IS DE FRIBURGO ORDINIS PREDICTORU[M]...JAM PRIMU[M] PARISIANO PRELO EXCUSSA... Paris: Jean Petit, 1519. Full parchment. Folio; π4 a-z8 2a-2h8 2i6 A-B8 C10; ff. [4], ccliiii, [26]. Gothic type in double-columns; text in Latin. Title page printed in red and black, with printer's device; woodcut initials, colophon on 2i6v. USTC 183936.

12 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Johannes von Freiburg (ca. 1250-1314) was a medieval Dominican friar, preacher and writer. Summa Confessorum, one of his principle works, is a religious treatise on proper behavior and canon law that he wrote in the late 1200s. It was first published in 1476.

A binding copy, lacking backstrip with boards extremely worn; endpapers with wear, residue, and worming, first seven leaves fully or partially detached with occasional additional loose or detached leaves; title page with stamps, pages toned with scattered foxing and occasional light grime, wormhole, or damp staining at margins, one page with small tear at inner margin; pages generally crisp and clean. Extremely rare early printed book; WorldCat lists this title in only four institutions.