(Paris), Antoine Caillaut for Jean Petit around 1500. Mod. Parchment binding. [15] Bl (a8-b8, b8 unprinted; a4 missing; a5 incorrectly bound 2 sheets before b1, between a6 and a7). -- Unrecorded incunabula! - The "Stella clericorum" (Star of the Clerics) served as a concise moral and practical guide for the priesthood. The present edition, noviter emendata (newly corrected), was produced by Jean Petit, one of the most influential libraires jurés of the University of Paris. -- This edition is extremely rare. We were unable to find any other specimens. The closest comparable copy from the Bodleian Library (Oxford) survives only as a fragment without a title page. Unlike many other contemporary editions, additional text passages before Antoine Caillaut's acrostic poem were omitted. The dati.
