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LYNDWOOD (WILLIAM)
Provinciale seu constitutiones Anglie [edited by J. Badius], [Paris, Andre Brocard, 28 May 1501]

29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£1,000 - £1,500

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[LYNDWOOD (WILLIAM)]

Provinciale seu constitutiones Anglie [edited by J. Badius], 212 leaves, 73 lines and headline, gothic letter, printed in red and black, double-column, manuscript note pasted to upper pastedown, manuscript notations in an early hand on title and occasionally throughout, manuscript notes in a later hand to final blank, opening 7 leaves loose, occasional light mostly marginal damp-stains, small tear to margin of ⟨⁊⟩6 repaired with tape not affecting text, later calf over wooden boards, retaining sixteenth century blindstamped side panels, worn, rebacked, lacks bosses and clasps [ESTC S103845; Beale T403], folio (360 x 260mm.), [Paris, Andre Brocard, 28 May 1501]

Footnotes

The Canon law of the ecclesiastical province of Canterbury, as collected and abridged in 1433 by William Lyndewood (1375-1446), with his explanatory gloss, and here edited by Josse Badius. "Though no English bookseller is mentioned in the imprint ... [this item is] clearly intended for sale in England" (ESTC).

Although the collection was first printed in Oxford, between 1470 and 1480, this is the first complete edition of the work, including text, gloss, and supplement, published in Paris in 1501.

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