BAYSIO, Guido de (d. 1313). Rosarium decretorum. Edited by Petrus Albinianus Trecius, with additions by Paulus Pisanus. Venice: Reynaldus de Novimagio, 12 December 1480.
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BAYSIO, Guido de (d. 1313). Rosarium decretorum. Edited by Petrus Albinianus Trecius, with additions by Paulus Pisanus. Venice: Reynaldus de Novimagio, 12 December 1480.

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BAYSIO, Guido de (d. 1313). Rosarium decretorum. Edited by Petrus Albinianus Trecius, with additions by Paulus Pisanus. Venice: Reynaldus de Novimagio, 12 December 1480.

Royal 2° (399 x 263mm). Gothic types, double column. Initials opening each 'causa' in interlocking red and blue, other initials in red or blue, printed and MS headlines, MS guide-letters. (Small wormholes in first 2 quires and last quires, without final blank, some printed headlines shaved, a little light spotting.) Late 16th/early 17th-century German blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, sides panelled with rolls, arms of the monastery of St. Michael's, Metten (possibly Abbot Johann Nablas, 1595-1628) on front cover, St. Michael and the dragon in medallion on rear cover, two fore-edge clasps, red edges (lightly rubbed, short tear at spine foot). Provenance: Metten, Bavaria, Benedictine abbey of St. Michael (17th-century inscription, binding) -- André Himpe (De Gulden Passer, 2003, no. 68).

Fourth edition, the first edited by Trecius, who advertises the greater correctness of the edition in his preface. HC *2716; GW 3746; BMC V, 256; BSB-Ink B-247; Goff B-287.