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GREGORY IX, Pope. Decreti huius plenissimum argumentum. . . Decretum aureum domini Gratiani: cum suo apparatu. Paris: Thielmann Kerver and Jehan Petit for Johannes Cabiller, 8 February 1508.
4° in 8s (225 x 168mm). Collation: a-z8 8 8 8 A-X8 AA-XX8 AAA-DDD8 A(red)6 A(black)-C8 D-E6 F4. Printed in red and black, text in two columns, bordered by narrower columns of commentary. Title in red and black with large woodcut device of Thielmann Kerver, large woodcut of popes and cardinals on verso, full-page woodcut of a tree of consanguinity (on TT5v), full-page woodcut diagram of family relationships (on TT6), woodcut cribblé initials throughout, many initials in red. (Title slightly loose, light marginal staining, mainly to first few quires, one or two small wormholes, generally not affecting text.) Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards (front joint cracked, head of spine chipped, lacking clasps, lightly soiled). Provenance: Jacobus Gueber of Ottenpurcheim (inscription); unidentified signature on title; Carthusian library at Buxheim (signature and stamp on title). Cf. Adams G-1207, 1211.
4° in 8s (225 x 168mm). Collation: a-z8 8 8 8 A-X8 AA-XX8 AAA-DDD8 A(red)6 A(black)-C8 D-E6 F4. Printed in red and black, text in two columns, bordered by narrower columns of commentary. Title in red and black with large woodcut device of Thielmann Kerver, large woodcut of popes and cardinals on verso, full-page woodcut of a tree of consanguinity (on TT5v), full-page woodcut diagram of family relationships (on TT6), woodcut cribblé initials throughout, many initials in red. (Title slightly loose, light marginal staining, mainly to first few quires, one or two small wormholes, generally not affecting text.) Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards (front joint cracked, head of spine chipped, lacking clasps, lightly soiled). Provenance: Jacobus Gueber of Ottenpurcheim (inscription); unidentified signature on title; Carthusian library at Buxheim (signature and stamp on title). Cf. Adams G-1207, 1211.