Liber sextus decretalium

Sexti libri decretalium preclarum opus cum glosis Io. An. iuris cano[n]ici luminis.

[Rome] : [Ulrich Han], [24 December 1474].

[230] leaves ; 40 cm (folio)

Title and imprint from colophon.
With the gloss of Joannes Andreae.
Signatures: [1¹² 2⁸ 3¹² 4⁶ 5¹² 6⁶ 7¹⁰ 8¹² 9¹⁰ 10⁶ 11¹² 12⁶ 13¹⁰ 14⁶ 15-16⁸ 17¹⁰ 18⁸ 19¹⁰ 20¹² 21¹⁰ 22⁶ 23¹⁰ 24-25⁶ 26⁸]. Robbins' copy too tightly bound for collation.
Printed in two columns with surrounding glosses: 48-58 lines; types 1:150G, 4:103R, 5:125G.
Spaces for intial letters left blank.
Colophon ([26]8v): Presens huius Sexti libri decretalium preclarum opus cum glosis Io. An. iuris cano[n]ici luminis. Alma in urbe Roma totius mundi regina ac dignissima Imperatrice, que sicut preceteris urbibus dignitate preest ita ingeniosis uiris est refecta. Non atramento plumali nec calamo neq[ue] stilo ereo sed artificiosa quadam adinuentione imprimendi seu caracterizandi sic effigiatum. ad Dei laude[m] industrieq[ue] est co[n]summatum per insigne[m] uiru[m] magistru[m] Udalricum Gallu[m] almanu[m]. Anno D[omi]ni M. CCCC. LXXiiii. Die uero xxiiii. Decembris.

Robbins copy has: painted coat of arms of [1]4v; some initials upplied in red pencil; marginal annotations.

Goff. F .R. Incunabula in American libraries. B-982
Hain. L Repertorium bibliographicum, 3591*
Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 3363
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek lnkunabelkatalog, B-704
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 4854
Bod-inc online, B-463 (http://incunables.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/record/B-463)
Incunabula short title catalogue, ib00982000 (https://data.cerl.org/istc/ib00982000)

Provenance: Harvard University duplicate (cf. letter inserted; now in Robbins files).

Bound in modern vellum over boards with bent edges; marbled page-edges; gilt-stamped spine label, "Sextus decretalium."

Italy -- Rome.

KBR1532.2 1474 Incun. Folio

Latin

Giovanni d'Andrea, approximately 1270-1348. Glossa ordinaria in Librum Sextum.