An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript

Prosper Aquitanus. DE VITA CONTEMPLATIVA. DE VITA ACTUALI. [Speyer: Peter Drach], 1487. Later green blind paneled leather boards. 4to; a-c8 d-f6 g8 (g8 blank); 50 leaves. Gothic type, double-columns; text in Latin. Goff P-1023; USTC 748339; ISTC ip01023000.
7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.
The author is likely Julianus Pomerius, per ISTC, and the treatise De Vita Contemplativa is his only surviving work.

This copy with 16th-century manuscript on title, and 16th-century or later hand coloring on title and embellishments to letters throughout.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
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Sturdy boards but with edgewear, corners rubbed, mild warping, spine with leather losses and cracking at joint; paste-downs with bookplates, light wear, glue residue at front with free endpaper glued to front paste-down at inner margin; mild cracking at front hinge; several leaves with small corner losses or tears, or small corner repairs; pages toned with occasional light grime, foxing, and light damp staining; upper margin closely trimmed; a very good copy of this incunable.