PAULUS FLORENTINUS (1419-1499). Breviarium totius juris canonici, sive Decretorum breviarium. Memmingen: Albrecht Kunne, 1486.
With the woodcut portrait of the author, ‘the earliest book illustration', aside from woodcut initials, when it first appeared in the 1479 edition (Hind II, p.513). The acronym underneath stands for M[agister] P[aulus] F[lorentinus] O[rdinis] S[ancti] S[piritus]. HC *7161; GW M-30141; BMC II 604; Bod-inc P-052; BSB-Ink A-811; ISTC ip00180000; Goff P-180.
Chancery folio (270 x 190mm). 133 leaves (of 134, without last blank). Initials in red, rubricated (waterstain in gutter of first two quires, light worming just touching a few letters, repaired on first leaf). Contemporary Nuremberg Carmelite Abbey blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards [EBDB w000083], early manuscript vellum label on upper board (rebacked, remains of clasp, metal furniture removed, rubbed). Provenance: Nuremberg, State Library (binding and early booklabel).
PAULUS FLORENTINUS (1419-1499). Breviarium totius juris canonici, sive Decretorum breviarium. Memmingen: Albrecht Kunne, 1486.
With the woodcut portrait of the author, ‘the earliest book illustration', aside from woodcut initials, when it first appeared in the 1479 edition (Hind II, p.513). The acronym underneath stands for M[agister] P[aulus] F[lorentinus] O[rdinis] S[ancti] S[piritus]. HC *7161; GW M-30141; BMC II 604; Bod-inc P-052; BSB-Ink A-811; ISTC ip00180000; Goff P-180.
Chancery folio (270 x 190mm). 133 leaves (of 134, without last blank). Initials in red, rubricated (waterstain in gutter of first two quires, light worming just touching a few letters, repaired on first leaf). Contemporary Nuremberg Carmelite Abbey blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards [EBDB w000083], early manuscript vellum label on upper board (rebacked, remains of clasp, metal furniture removed, rubbed). Provenance: Nuremberg, State Library (binding and early booklabel).
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