Baldus de Ubaldis

NICOLAUS DE TUDESCHIS. Consilia seu allegationes. [Strassburg: Heinrich Eggestein, after 9 May 1475], 126 leaves, [a¹⁰ b⁸ c¹⁰ d⁸ e¹⁰ f-g⁸ h¹⁰ i-l⁸ m-n⁶ o¹⁰ *⁸], 60 lines, double column, gothic type, manuscript signatures and a few printed ones, slight browning, [Goff P28; HC 12343; BMC i 69; BSB-Ink T-495; GW M47759; Grosjean & O'Connell 88]
PETRUS DE ANCHARANO. Repetitio capituli "Postulasti" de foro competenti. Bologna: [Hannibal Malpighius], 29 October 1474, 12 leaves, [a¹²], double column, 56 lines, roman type, [Goff A571; HR 948; BMC vi 811; GW 1633; Grosjean & O'Connell 2]
BARBATIA, Andreas. Repetitio capituli "Testimonium de testibus". [Parma: Stephanus Corallus, c. 1474-75], 20 leaves, [a-b¹⁰], double column, 60 lines, gothic type, [H 2443; BSB-Ink B-74; GW 3382; one of 5 copies recorded by ISTC]
BARBATIA, Andreas. Repetitio rubricae. De fide instrumentorum. Bologna: [Printer of Barbatia, "Repetitio" (H 2438)], 1 February 1474, 32 leaves, [a-d⁸], double column, 54 lines, roman type, [Goff B111; HC 2438; BMC vi 804; GW 3357; Grosjean & O'Connell 15]
BUTRIO, Antonius de. Repetitio capituli "Vestra" de cohabitatione clerici et mulieris. Bologna: Ugo Rugerius, 14 November 1474, 20 leaves, [a-b¹⁰], double column, 56 lines, roman type, [HR 4181; BMC vi 806; GW 5825; Grosjean & O'Connell 32]
MATTASELANUS, Matthaeus. Singularia dicta etiam notabilia. [Parma: Stephanus Corallus, before 12 November 1474], 18 leaves, [a⁸ b¹⁰], double column, 60 lines, gothic type, [HR 10897; GW M21661; Grosjean & O'Connell 87; ISTC records 10 copies]

7 works in one volume, Royal folio (412 x 265mm.), rubricated throughout, contemporary blind-tooled half pigskin over new wooden boards (repaired by Colm O Lochlainn, 1929, with his ticket), retaining old paper lettering-pieces on spine, two clasps using old catchplates on lower cover, deckle edges, some worming (particulary at beginning and end), lacking both straps

Church of St Petrus Minor (St-Pierre le jeune), Strassburg (dissolved 1789), inscription at head of first leaf, many of their incunables bought by; Earl of Hopetoun, armorial bookplate (wormed), Hopetoun House Library, [sale, Sotheby's, 25 February 1889, not found in the catalogue]

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

A contemporary Sammelband of legal tracts. The work by Barbatia, Repetitio rubricae, is the only work known to be printed by this eponymous press; BMC opines that the upper case is similar to Portilia's type. BMC also makes a connection between the printers of the Butrio and the Ancharano due to the similarity of appearance.

Luigi Balsamo has established that the Parma printer Stephanus Corallus produced some legal works on commission for a group of scholars based at the university in Bologna, including the Mattaselanus tract in this volume ("Una iniziativa editoriale-tipografica fra Bologna e Parma", in Book Production and Letters in the Western European Renaissance, London, 1986).