BUDE, Guillaume (1467-1540). De Asse et partibus eius Libri quinque. Paris: Josse Bade, 1514. [Bound after:] – Annotationes in quatuor et viginti pandectarum libros. [Paris]: Josse Bade, [1519?].
First edition of a rare and important numismatic treatise, the first printed book on the subject. This copy is bound with the probable third edition of Bude’s first great work, the Annotationes. Adams B-3098; USTC 183526, 144987.
Folio (318 x 208mm). Titles within printed woodcut borders, woodcut devices (some waterstaining at fore-edge, heavier in final quires). 19th-century calf gilt preserving panels of a contemporary Italian calf binding, manuscript table of contents in a near-contemporary Italian hand (a few chips to leather, faint stains on lower board). Provenance: a few early marginal annotations – J. H. Burn (later ‘Burn bequest’ inscription on endpaper).
BUDE, Guillaume (1467-1540). De Asse et partibus eius Libri quinque. Paris: Josse Bade, 1514. [Bound after:] – Annotationes in quatuor et viginti pandectarum libros. [Paris]: Josse Bade, [1519?].
First edition of a rare and important numismatic treatise, the first printed book on the subject. This copy is bound with the probable third edition of Bude’s first great work, the Annotationes. Adams B-3098; USTC 183526, 144987.
Folio (318 x 208mm). Titles within printed woodcut borders, woodcut devices (some waterstaining at fore-edge, heavier in final quires). 19th-century calf gilt preserving panels of a contemporary Italian calf binding, manuscript table of contents in a near-contemporary Italian hand (a few chips to leather, faint stains on lower board). Provenance: a few early marginal annotations – J. H. Burn (later ‘Burn bequest’ inscription on endpaper).
![BUDE, Guillaume (1467-1540). De Asse et partibus eius Libri quinque. Paris: Josse Bade, 1514. [Bound after:] – Annotationes in quatuor et viginti pandectarum libros. [Paris]: Josse Bade, [1519?].](https://devapim.christies.com/uat/lot-images/6168936/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_17420_0174_000(bude_guillaume_de_asse_et_partibus_eius_libri_quinque_paris_josse_bade010731).jpg?maxwidth=3840)