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Flores legum secundum ordinem alphabeti, Venice: Bernardinus Benalius, for Lazarus de Soardis, [ca. 1496-98]. Royal 8 (191 x 134mm.), collation: a-f8 (a1r title, a1v woodcut printer's device of St. Jerome, privilege, a2r text, f8r colophon, f8v blank), 48 leaves, 32-34 lines, type: 17:85G, 19:180G, 3-line initial space with guide-letter on a2r (some light spotting, a few small wormholes in final quires, stain on first leaf), sewn, detached from modern leather-backed boards, formerly part of a Sammelband, with remains of index tab on first leaf.
An early edition of a popular legal reference book pertaining primarily to the Corpus iuris civilis. The present copy was printed on Royal paper as an octavo, and not on Chancery paper as a quarto, as described in most standard bibliographies. HC *7169; BMC V, 376 (IA. 22411); GW 10057; Sander 2795; Goff F-214.
An early edition of a popular legal reference book pertaining primarily to the Corpus iuris civilis. The present copy was printed on Royal paper as an octavo, and not on Chancery paper as a quarto, as described in most standard bibliographies. HC *7169; BMC V, 376 (IA. 22411); GW 10057; Sander 2795; Goff F-214.