First edition, a large copy in a contemporary English binding, preserving numerous deckle edges. John Lathbury was a Franciscan friar and theologian who studied at Oxford during the 1330s and 1340s. ‘His most influential, and probably his only completed work’ was the present ‘commentary on the Lamentations of Jeremiah’ (ODNB), printed at Oxford by Theodoricus Rood. Originally from Cologne, Rood settled in Oxford, bringing type and possibly a press and printing several works between 1481 and 1483/4. HC(+Add) 9928; GW M17160; BMC XI 236; Bod-inc L-043; ISTC il00075000; Goff L-75; not in BSB.
290 leaves (of 292, wanting 2 of 3 blanks), four-piece woodcut border on a2r, initials in red, rubricated (some marginal dampstaining leading to minuscule loss at extreme upper edge of first and last few leaves, short marginal tear just into text at q8, small hole touching a few words on y3, occasional faint finger-soiling, final blank restored). Contemporary English blindstamped calf (rebacked and restored, new endpapers).