Lot 102
  • 102

BONIFACIUS VIII, LIBER SEXTUS DECRETALIUM, VENICE, 1485, CONTEMPORARY HALF CALF OVER WOODEN BOARDS

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 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 wormed

Provenance

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

Literature

ISTC ib00999000 & ic00732000

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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