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GRATIANUS (d. c.1159). Decretum, with commentary by Bartholomaeus Brixiensis and Johannes Teutonicus. Strasbourg: Heinrich Eggestein, 1472.
The second or third edition of a foundational work of canon law. A large copy preserving several deckle edges. Gratianus, a 12th-century cleric from Bologna, compiled this voluminous work which for centuries remained the basic textbook on church discipline and regulation. This edition and another published by Peter Schoeffer in August of the same year reprint Eggestein’s first edition of 1471. Rare: RBH/ABPC show no copies of this edition appearing at auction. H *7884; GW 11352; BMC I 68; Bod-inc G-179; BSB-Ink G-253; ISTC ig00361000; Goff G-361.
Royal folio (473 x 333mm). 456 leaves (of 459, lacking 3 of the last 4 leaves). Printed in red and black, text in double column with surrounding commentary, rubricated (without 2o4-2o6, a few leaves faintly thumb-soiled, minor wormholes at beginning, first 6 leaves strengthened at fore-edge). Contemporary Erfurt blindstamped tinted pigskin bound at the workshop of Conradus de Argentina [EBDB w000851], metal bosses and clasps (one clasp and 2 bosses renewed). Provenance: a few early marginal notes.
The second or third edition of a foundational work of canon law. A large copy preserving several deckle edges. Gratianus, a 12th-century cleric from Bologna, compiled this voluminous work which for centuries remained the basic textbook on church discipline and regulation. This edition and another published by Peter Schoeffer in August of the same year reprint Eggestein’s first edition of 1471. Rare: RBH/ABPC show no copies of this edition appearing at auction. H *7884; GW 11352; BMC I 68; Bod-inc G-179; BSB-Ink G-253; ISTC ig00361000; Goff G-361.
Royal folio (473 x 333mm). 456 leaves (of 459, lacking 3 of the last 4 leaves). Printed in red and black, text in double column with surrounding commentary, rubricated (without 2o4-2o6, a few leaves faintly thumb-soiled, minor wormholes at beginning, first 6 leaves strengthened at fore-edge). Contemporary Erfurt blindstamped tinted pigskin bound at the workshop of Conradus de Argentina [EBDB w000851], metal bosses and clasps (one clasp and 2 bosses renewed). Provenance: a few early marginal notes.
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