[COLUMBAN, SAINT]. 'STATUTA COMMUNITATIS S. COLUMBANI ET SUE IURISDICTIONIS'. [COLOPHON: LODI: APUD VINCENTIUM TAIETUM, 1586]

Folio (11 5/16 x 7 7/8 in.; 286 x 200mm). †⁶ A-E⁸. Woodcut title incorporating portrait of Saint Colombanus and his arms; title with minor marginal repair, a few marginal stains, a few leaves with marginal repairs. Full modern vellum with leather ties, edges sprinkled in blue and red. Modern clamshell. 

Sotheby's London, 3 December 1998, lot 266

Folio (11 5/16 x 7 7/8 in.; 286 x 200mm). †6 A-E8. Woodcut title incorporating portrait of Saint Colombanus and his arms; title with minor marginal repair, a few marginal stains, a few leaves with marginal repairs. Full modern vellum with leather ties, edges sprinkled in blue and red. Modern clamshell.
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An uncommon early law book, not in the British Library, on the statutes of the community of Saint Columban and his jurisdiction. The first printer at Lodi was Francesco Bonati, who printed a book there in 1583 before moving onto Milan in 1584. Vincenzo Taieti printed at Lodi from 1584 to 1587.