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CLEMENS V (c.1264-1314). Constitutiones, with gloss of Johannes Andreae (c.1270-1348). Basel: Michael Wenssler, 2 May 1478.
Clement V’s Constitutiones consists of decretals - papal letters establishing canon law - issued by Popes Boniface VIII, Benedict XI, and Clement V himself. This is one of four editions printed by Wenssler with the date of 2 May, two in 1476 and two in 1478. CIBN notes that the other edition dated 2 May 1478 (GW 7092) contains roman characters also used in works dated 31 July and 19 August. H *5423; GW 7093; Bod-inc C-368; BSB-Ink C-441; Goff C-723.
Royal folio (401 x 285mm). Printed in red and black, without final blank, printer’s device at end, initials and paragraph marks in red or blue, headline giving subject matter in red (occasional light spotting or faint browning). Contemporary German blindstamped calf over wooden boards, 5 later brass bosses on each cover (rebacked, lightly restored). Provenance: contemporary annotations – small stamp removed from first and last page – Halle, collation note dated 1837.
Clement V’s Constitutiones consists of decretals - papal letters establishing canon law - issued by Popes Boniface VIII, Benedict XI, and Clement V himself. This is one of four editions printed by Wenssler with the date of 2 May, two in 1476 and two in 1478. CIBN notes that the other edition dated 2 May 1478 (GW 7092) contains roman characters also used in works dated 31 July and 19 August. H *5423; GW 7093; Bod-inc C-368; BSB-Ink C-441; Goff C-723.
Royal folio (401 x 285mm). Printed in red and black, without final blank, printer’s device at end, initials and paragraph marks in red or blue, headline giving subject matter in red (occasional light spotting or faint browning). Contemporary German blindstamped calf over wooden boards, 5 later brass bosses on each cover (rebacked, lightly restored). Provenance: contemporary annotations – small stamp removed from first and last page – Halle, collation note dated 1837.
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