ANDREAE, Johannes (c.1270-1348). Super arboribus consanguinitatis, affinitatis et cognationis spiritualis et legalis una cum exemplis et enigmatibus. [Strassburg: Heinrich Knoblochtzer, c.1483].
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ANDREAE, Johannes (c.1270-1348). Super arboribus consanguinitatis, affinitatis et cognationis spiritualis et legalis una cum exemplis et enigmatibus. [Strassburg: Heinrich Knoblochtzer, c.1483].

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ANDREAE, Johannes (c.1270-1348). Super arboribus consanguinitatis, affinitatis et cognationis spiritualis et legalis una cum exemplis et enigmatibus. [Strassburg: Heinrich Knoblochtzer, c.1483].

Royal half-sheet 4° (277 x 195mm). Collation: [18] (1/1r blank, 1/1v woodcut of a tree of consanguinity, 1/2r text, 1/8v blank). 8 leaves. 43 lines. Type: 3:96G. 3 full-page woodcuts of 'trees', woodcut strapwork, solar and Maiblumen initials; ALL WOODCUTS AND INITIALS COLOURED BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND. (Spotted, occasional light stain, tiny marginal wormhole.) Modern vellum. Provenance: a few contemporary annotations.

Andreae's text on the dictates of canonical law regarding kinship and marriage was immensely useful and popular. At least 45 editions were printed in the 15th century. C 433=434=436; GW 1696; BMC I, 90 (IB. 1101); Schreiber 3286; Goff A-613.
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