Bonifacius, Liber sextus decretalium, Basel, 1494, later half calf

Bonifacius VIII and Clemens V

Liber sextus Decretalium [with gloss of Johannes Andreae, edited by Sebastian Brant]. Johannes Andreae: Super arboribus consanguinitatis et affinitatis. Clemens V: Constitutiones [with other additions]. Basel: Johannes Froben, 1 September 1494

2 parts, 4to (212 x 148mm.), Boniface: 193 leaves (of 194), I⁶ a–y⁸ z⁴ [et]⁸; Clement: 94 leaves, AA–KK⁸ LL⁶ MM⁸, double column, 55-67 lines, gothic type, printed in red and black throughout, manuscript notes in English on title-page and flyleaves, nineteenth-century calf-backed patterned paper boards, lacking I6 (with woodcut), text block split in half and covers detached, binding rubbed; sold not subject to return

LITERATURE:

ISTC ib01008000

PROVENANCE:

early inscription on final verso, a purchase inscription by a curate at St Aldate's, Oxford; James Plomer M.D., inscription dated 1769 and his armorial bookplate on verso of title-page; Clifford Baylis, bookplate; by family descent