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GRATIANUS. Decretum. With commentary by Bartholomaeus Brixiensis and Johannes Teutonicus. [254] leaves. Gothic type, printed in red and black. Rubricated, and with 20-line decorated initial H in colors and gold on a2r. Folio, 407x281 mm, contemporary blind-tooled calf over wooden boards with brass catches and clasps, title stamped in gilt at top of front cover, recased, endpapers renewed, restoration to top and bottom spine compartments, outer cover corners, and clasps, raised bands worn through on either side, joints partly cracked, cords intact; dampstaining along edges of title and last few leaves, top and fore edges of title reinforced, minor worming in blank gutter of first several leaves, scattered marginal fingersoiling, lower outer corner of last 14 leaves restored with slight text loss on 5 leaves, contents still generally clean and bright overall. (Strassburg: [Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger], 4 September 1489)
Twenty-fifth edition of the foundation of canon law, recapitulating the first millennium of church legislation, compiled in the 12th-century and first published in 1471. Hain-Copinger 7907; GW 11373; BMC I, 106; Goff G380; ISTC ig00380000.
