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(Religion) - GREGORIUS IX.- Decretales : cum summarijs suis et textuum divisionibus. Ac etiam rubricarum continuationibus. ( Venetiis, per Baptistam de Tortis, 1501. die xxiii. Julii). In-f° : [4]-303 lvs (last blank lf. missing, copy in fresh condition with minor defects : small marginal waterstaining, small marginal tear, one reinforced in lf. [3], stain focused on a few lvs, foxing mostly marginal, a few marginal wormholes, some lvs slightly yellowed in the end of the vol.). Contemporary binding : blind stamped pigskin on wooden boards, sides decorated with fillets, roll-stamps and lozenge fleurons, ribbed spine, brass clasps, ink title on the fore-edge (small wears, some wormholes). RARE VERY EARLY POST-INCUNABULUM of the Decretales printed at 2.300 copies. Text in Gothic types printed in black and red, rubricated and surrouned by the extend commentaries of Hieronymus Clarius which include annotationes of Ludovico Bolognini. Copy in strong paper with wide margins. The Venetian printer Battista Torti first published the Decretales in 1484 and reprinted them in 1491 (first containing the gloss of Hieronymus Clarius), 1494, 1496, 1500, 1501 and 1504. # EDIT 16 # USTC 801628; # not in Adams, Machiels, Soltész, STC Italy. Provenance : Georg Franz Burkhard Kloss (Frankfurt am Main 1787-1854), historian of freemasonry (ex libris) whom library was sold in 1835, i.e. lot 115 of the sale (?); "Theological seminary presented by Thomas Fleming esq." (ex libris); theological seminary of Decatur, Georgia (stamp). ¶ Très rare post-incunable des Décrétales de Grégoire IX éditées par Hieronymus Clarius (incluant des notes des commentaires de Ludovico Bolognini). Pleine peau de truie estampée à froid de l'ép. (bonnde condition, défauts ou us. mineurs). Drouotlive.com Read more