Bipartitum in morali philosophia opusculum /
Manderston, William,active 1485-1552.
Chytrius, Joannes,monk,former owner.StEdNL
[Paris : Guillaume Le Bret],
1526.
Explicit opusculu[m] in morali philosophia bipartitu[m] a magistro Guillielmo Manderston Scoto diocesis Sancti Andreae. Nuperrime i[m]pressum Parisiis anno a natiuitate d[omi]ni M.D.XXVI. Die vero duo decima mensis Iulij.--colphon.
Guillaume Le Bret's woodcut is on the title page.
A major figure in Scottish philosophy, Manderston (ca. 1485-1552) was a student at Glasgow and Paris. This edition of the "Bipartitum", orginally published in 1518,  was printed the year after he was appointed Rector at Paris. A compendium on moral philosophy based on classical and medieval authorities, it focuses on the role of virtue in general and the cardinal virtues in particular. The work discusses a variety of topics including the passions of the soul, innocence and the state of fallen nature, natural appetites, causality, the moral basis of human actions, and whether God can be wrong.
Manuscript signature of "Joannes Chytrius Bonauallensis" at the bottom of the title page. Partly erased inscription at the head of the title page "Su[m] [?]llet hunc librum". Joannes Chytrius was a monk at the Abbey of Bonneval, near Chartres.
Contemporary French calf, spine repaired at head and foot, double blind ruled to panel design, outer border with blind roll of tendrils, centre panel with grille de St Laurent rolls of tendrils surrounded by border with rosettes in blind, raised bands.
Ethics
Virtues
Cardinal virtues
France Paris.