LOT 3662
13th December 2022
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LOT 3662
GRATIAN. Decreti huius plenissimum argumentum. Paris: John Petit and Thielmann Kerver, 1516. Signed in 8s (214 x 151mm.) Gothic letter, title in red and black with printer's device, double-column text surrounded by commentary, large woodcut verso title of Gratian in his study surrounded by popes and cardinals, woodcut of the 'Tree of Kindred and Affinity', decorative woodcut initials, 2pp. of contemporary bound-in leaves to front and rear with manuscript notes. (Marginal loss to title affecting woodcut to verso, a 3-inch tear to 'Tree of Kindred', occasional marginal damp-staining and corner creasing,) Contemporary calf over wooden boards (rebacked), housed within a 20th century brown cloth-covered solander box. Note: dated to title and to colophon at p.582. Provenance: Robert Rickman (name inscribed to title-page).
Hammer price: £800
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