Description
Lyon: Sebastianum Gryphium, 1544.
Second edition. 8vo (105x175mm) 372, (43)pp. 19th century vellum, morocco title label and gilt decorations on spine. New endpapers. Engraved title, colophon & historiated initial letters.
Binding lightly rubbed. Two blacked out lines to front free endpaper, inscriptions in old hand to title page. Title & author noted in script to bottom edge of textblock.
Very Good condition.
Antonio Agustin, Archbishop of Tarragon, published this first critical study of Gratian in Venice in 1543. His later writings on Gratian were not published until after his death in 1587.
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