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Bonifacius VIII, Liber sextus decretalium, Venice, 1485, contemporary half calf over wooden boards

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December 3, 04:27 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

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BONIFACIUS VIII AND CLEMENS V

Two works of canon law in one volume, comprising:


BONIFACIUS VIII. Liber sextus Decretalium [with the gloss of Johannes Andreae]. Venice: Andreas Torresanus, de Asula and Bartholomaeus de Blavis, de Alexandria, 23 March 1485, 146 leaves, a-r8 s10


CLEMENS V. Constitutiones [with the gloss of Johannes Andreae]. Ibid., [20 April?] 1485, 78 leaves, A-F8 G12 H10 I8


2 works in one volume, 4to (241 x 176mm.), 67 lines, gothic type, printed in red and black, woodcut printer's devices in red, early manuscript running titles, contemporary half calf over wooden boards, early manuscript indexes at front, some staining and worming, lacking two straps, binding rubbed and slightly worme


LITERATURE:

ISTC ib00999000 & ic00732000

PROVENANCE:

Fr Paulo de Silla di Cast--, early inscription on E2 of second work