[Sixteenth century book]. [Corpus juris civilis]. [VOLUMEN peculiari vocabulo dictum totius legalis sapientie continens complementum. Complectitur enim libros Auctenticorum : tres libros Codicis. librum de feudis. & Tractatum de pace constantien. cum Tabellis et apparatu solito... Paris, A. Bocard, Jean I Bonhomme, T. Kerver, J. Petit, 10 September 1511]. In-4, [7 (of 8)] - CCCXXI f., contemporary brown calf, spine with 5 nerves, boards decorated with a double frame of a triple cold fillet, with 8 angular fleurons and a central fleuron gilt, edges chased and gilt (spine cover missing, corners dull, boards rubbed; qq. inner margins browned, mouill. in margin of cah. A and S, worm holes in foot margins from beginning to f. LX, tear repaired on f. c1; 3 f. missing including title).
Edition composed of excerpts from the Corpus de droit civil, with commentaries by Accursius, established by the bookseller André Bocard, who shared the edition with his colleagues Kerver, Bonhomme and Petit. Gothic characters, on 2 columns framed with commentaries, printing in red and black, woodcut initials; full-page woodcut vignette opposite folio I.
Missing the 1st f., f. LXXXIV, and the last f. which appears to have only the bookseller's mark. [Signs §2 to 8, a-k8, l7 (of 8), m-t8, v10, A-T8, V5 (of 6)].
Provenance: François Damonville (old signature on one endpaper).
(BP16, 102723).
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