[44], 324, [10 index] pp. Copper engraved title page and an additional copper engraved frontispiece of Boethius. 20x11 cm (7¾x4¾") full period vellum, title inked at head of spine.
With the armorial bookplate of The Earl of Dalhousie. Boethius' "The Consolation of Philosophy" has been described as having had the single most important influence on the Christianity of the Middle Ages and early Renaissance and as the last great work of the Classical Period.
