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GREGORY IX, Pope. Decretales. woodcut illustrations throughout, including 3 full-page depicting Jesus before Pilate, tree of consanguinity, and tree of affinity. [4], 536, [56] leaves, including final blank. Printed in red and black throughout. 4to, contemporary blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, covers with plaitwork border around double-fillet lozenge with knotwork tool in center, brass catches, lacks clasps, binding heavily worn, front hinge split, vellum leaf from an early legal manuscript bound in as front flyleaf; contents dampstained at beginning and end, worming through opening leaves slightly affecting text and illustrations. Renouard (Giunta), page xxii. (Venice: Luc'Antonio Giunta, 1514)
