(CONSTANCE, COUNCIL OF.) Acta scitu dignissima docteque concinnata Constantiensis concilii celebratissimi. No place (Paris), Jean Petit, 1514
Small 8:o (about137x87 mm., binding 143x100 mm.). (172) ll., signed. a-x8, y4. Title with woodcut printer's device.
New brown full calf, spine in six compartments (with wrong printing year 1518 at foot). Small wornhole from a1 to a7. Partly dampstained, mostly in lower margin.
The Council of Constance was an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church that was held from 1414 to 1418 in the Bishopric of Constance (Konstanz) in present-day Germany. This was the first time that an ecumenical council was convened in the Holy Roman Empire. The council ended the Western Schism by deposing or accepting the resignation of the remaining papal claimants and by electing Pope Martin V. It was the last papal election to take place outside of Italy. (Wikipedia).
Provenance: Sven Borgström was born in Malmö in 1927 and worked as a chemist in Stockholm, Malmö and Lund. His fine library which was built up over many years, consists mainly of older books dated from the 15th century to the late 18th century. His book-collecting began, as it perhaps should, with an incunabula. Borgström's interests included printers, book bindings, book illustrations, and he was interested in history, travel and maps. As a result of previous coin collecting, the subject of numismatics was also of interest in his library. Sven Borgström died 95 years old.
