Aquinas (Thomas) Tractatulus solemnis de arte et vero modo predicandi, rare at auction, Strassburg

Aquinas (Thomas) Tractatulus solemnis de arte et vero modo predicandi, collation: [a10], 9ff. only (of 10, lacking f.3), 36 lines, Gothic letter, woodcut initials, that on f2v cut out and repaired with loss to text on both sides, some foxing and marginal water-staining, later vellum, folio (272 x 196mm.), Strassburg, Heinrich Knoblochtzer, [1479; not after 1482].*** Rare at auction, with seemingly no appearances."Erroneously attributed to Aquinas. Compiled from works by Jacobus de Fusignano and that attributed to Henricus de Hassia." (BL). Provenance: Johann Heinrich Joseph Niesert (ink inscription to front free endpaper, “Bibliotheca J. Niesert parochi in Velen 1818” and further notes in his hand beneath). Niesert (1766-1841) was a Catholic priest, and a collector of manuscripts and seals. He was born in Münster, and served in a parish in Velen, North Rhine-Westphalia; his collection was sold in 1843, and books and manuscripts in his collection can now be found in the British Library, the Bodleian Library, and in the Universitätsbibliothek in Münster.Literature: Goff T264; Hain 1356*; GW 46082; BSB-Ink T-302; ISTC it00264000.