DE CONSOLATIONE PHILOSOPHIE LIBRI QUINQUE 1607 edition of Boethius’s most important work

A good copy. 8 vo. Contemporary age worn limp vellum with yapp edges. Spine titled in ink, worn and rubbed. A little shelf worn to top. Remnants of tie fastenings to fore edges front and rear. Front endpapers and title page cracked over hinges revealing bindings. Rear endpapers sound. Text block solid. Front pastedown ownership details read ‘JS 1840’, otherwise clean, age toned and dusty. Minor annotations on verso and recto of front free endpaper. Hand writing scored over in black to bottom of title page. Leaves yellowed and slight water damage throughout, text remaining clear and legible. Decorative initial letters and head and tail pieces. 394 pp. plus 5 pp. collated and complete.