farfel_n06_040_421

421
Dr. Eichenberger
Bein wil am See
May '94
S.F. 80 = $57

Bonifacius VIII, Pont. Max. (1294-1303) (formerly Benedetto Gaetano)
Liber sextus Decretalium. (With gloss of Johannes Andreae)
Edited with additions by Hieronymous Clarius.
Add: Johannes Andreae: Super aiboribus consang initatis
et affintatis, together with Clemens V: Constitutiones;
the 'Summaria' + 'Divisiones fo Andreae Domisicus de
Sancto Germiniano, + others; and the Decretales
extravagantes communes selectae.'

See #483 Venice: Baptista de Tortis, I) 2 May 1496; II
9 May 1496. f^0 (super royal)
Ref: Goff B-1009 H. 3621 IGI 1986 BMC V 329 GW 4895
Copy: HEHL #104630, Muchen UB, Frankfurt a M S+B (catalogue #678)

a-n8; A-E8, F-H6. 162 leaves, the last blank, 4-104 +
106-161 numbered 4-104 + 2-57. 2 col. 4^a 82 lines
of gloss enclosing the text, + headline, 337(346)x
233-5mm. Types: 185 G; 95 G; 82G. Red printed
Lombards, also spaces, some with guide letters.
A close reprint of the 1494 ed.

Type 185 G - heavy angular title + heading type. Large
double corssed V. In use in + after 1493 (not read in 1491 ed)
95 G - law text type. In use in + after 1491
82 G - small law tyep, the most noticible feature of
which is the crooked M. In use in 1490-98/9 normally with 95 G
Liber. / Quintus De electione 7 electi potestate. 50. -

The first books assignable to the press of De Tortis belong to
the year 1481. He continued production beyond the end
of the century.
B. de Tortis was more skillful as a printer than some of his
contemporaries who now have a higher reputation. Bunger
names 180 books pritned by him between 1480 + 1500.
For the printing of law books, hothic types only were used of
which he possessed more than a dozen fonts.