Gregory IX.

Decretales suae integrati.
Una cum glossis restitutae.
Ad exemplar Romanum diligenter recognitae. 

Venice ; 1591

32 leaves, 1388 pages.


Title in black and red.

With a figurative woodcut title vignette and two full-page woodcuts in the text. 


- Cf. Graesse III, 1525. Not in Adams. –


Restored (rebacked) vellum binding, spine with raised bands and manuscript title

Venetian edition of the collection first published in Venice in 1475 by Nicolas Jenson.

Commissioned by Pope Gregory IX (c. 1170–1241), his chaplain Raimondo de Penaforte compiled this collection of decretals, which is considered the most important collection of laws in the Corpus iuris canonici.

Contains primarily papal constitutions, decretals, and conciliar decrees from various periods, but mostly from his reign. 

The title woodcut depicts Pope Gregory XIII in prayer. 


Title with manuscript note.

Very good interior condition


Size 7.5 by 10.5 inches

text in Latin
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