1499. BOOK: (INCUNABULUM). MARTINUM, POLONUS:... Lot 15

1499. BOOK: (INCUNABULUM). MARTINUM, [POLONUS]: MARGARITA DECRETI SEU TABULA MARTINIANA DECRETI. Explicit Margarita decreti que martiniana vocatur [...] Impressa Argentine Anno domini Mccccxcix, ipsa vigilia. Strassburg: [George Hussner], 1499. 4th major. Gothic typeface. Two-column text. 105 h. (unnumbered). Symbols a(8), b-q(6), r7 (of 8, a blank is missing at the end). Original encyclopaedia of the time in leather on board with cold wheels on the planes, retains the two metal clasps. Good state of preservation. Gold stamped leather exlibris by 'Jacobo P. R. Lyell'. This is the penultimate incunabulum printed edition. Since its appearance in 1481, up to twelve editions have been published. It was an obligatory reference book if the Decrees of Gregory IX were used, as it served as an alphabetical index. This is a beautiful incunabulum of Jurisprudence. HC 10851. Goff M-328, only three copies in the USA.