Feb 28, 2013 - Sale 2305

Sale 2305 - Lot 122

Price Realized: $ 720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 1,000
GREGORY IX, Pope Decretalium copiosum argumentum. With the Glossa ordinaria by Bernard of Parma, additions by Joannes Andreae, index by Ludovicus Bolognini, and Margarita decretalium. Large woodcut tables of consanguinity and affinity on I8v and K1r. 330, [14]; 17 leaves; lacks the title, next leaf, and last leaf (blank or with device?). Text printed in red and black, with woodcut white-on-black ornamental initials throughout. Folio, 422x293 mm, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards with brass catches and clasps, worn overall, bottom spine compartment damaged, wormholes through covers into front and rear of contents generally not impairing legibility; lower outer corner of opening leaves gnawed affecting some sidenotes, clean tear in t6, last several leaves dampstained, portion of 2d9 (end of Margarita decretalium) torn off with substantial text loss. Baudrier XI, 388. (Lyon: Jacques Mareschal, 18 April 1510)