Karoli Magni et Ludovici Pii Christianiss. regum et impp. Francorum capitula sive Leges ecclesiasticae et civiles [...], qui nunc primum integri eduntur ex vetustiss. exemplarib. adiectis etiam aliis eorundem regum & Karoli Calvi capitulis [...].

8vo: [12]-424-[16] ff. (marginal wormhole, small stain to some corners).

17th-c. binding: overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (ties lacking).

First edition of the two principal Carolingian capitularies, the four first books written in 827 by Ansegisus and the three last in 845 by Bernardus Levita, who collected the acts forgotten by Ansegisus and added some canonical decisions. With additions of later reigns until Charles the Bald and a glossary of 16 ff. Ref. Pettegree FB 53384.- Not in Adams, Machiels, Soltész, STC French (BL). Provenance: Antwerp Jesuits (ms. note); Henricus Vanden Block, chaplain to the Brussels Cathedral of Sts Micael and Gudula (bookplate); Robert, duke of Ursel (armorial bookplate).