Dissuasoria ne christiani principes ecclesiasticos usurpent census.

Bologna, Fr. de Benedictis, 27 June 1494

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Lot description

4to: [36] ff., 25 ll. (some very minor marg. soiling or spotting).

Mod. limp pigskin, flat spine (sl. warping). Nice wide-margined copy.

1st ed. (2nd Verona 1503) of a pamphlet on ecclesiastical privileges by the Italian canon lawyer Celso Maffei (1425-1508). Woodcut mark at the end. Printed in roman type, with the heading on a3r in red. Capital spaces with guide-letters. Ref. ISTC im00015000. - Goff M-15. - BMC VI:827. - BSB-Ink M-7. - Not in CIBN, Polain. Prov. Numerous cont. reader’s marks and a few annotations. - [Georges Petit].