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GRATIAN Decretus Gratiani, Venice, Luca-Antonio Giunta, 20 May 1514 image 1
GRATIAN Decretus Gratiani, Venice, Luca-Antonio Giunta, 20 May 1514 image 2
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GRATIAN
Decretus Gratiani, Venice, Luca-Antonio Giunta, 20 May 1514

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Decretus Gratiani, edited by Bartholomaeus Brixiensis, Gothic letter, commentary surrounding double column text, with side glosses, printed in red and black, printer's device on title, numerous woodcut illustrations (3 full-page), vellum leaves from a fifteenth century illuminated legal manuscript used as paste-downs, without free endpapers, title with a few small holes touching letters, neat ink annotations in approximately 10 margins, tear to f. 533, contemporary blindstamped calf over wooden boards, remnants of metal hasps, worn, 4to (218 x 155mm.), Venice, Luca-Antonio Giunta, 20 May 1514

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Provenance: "Iste liber est ad usum, fr[atre]s Antonii de Motonio... temporary sui vicariatus", near contemporary inscription on title; "St. Marie Maiori de Hyspello", later inscription. See illustration on preceding page.

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