[Sixteenth-century book]. BONIFACE VIII (pope). Sexti libri - Lot 74

[Sixteenth-century book]. BONIFACE VIII (pope). Sexti libri materia cum capituloru[m] numero. - Bound at the end]: Clementinaru[m] materia cu[m] capituloru[m] et titulorum numero. - And]: JOHN XXII (pope). Extravagantes XX. - [And]: Extravagantes com[m]unes. Paris, Thielman Kerver, 1522. 4 works in one large volume in-4, [4]-CCLXXIIII-[10] f. ; CX-[6] f. ; LXII-[4] f. (last blank) ; LX-[3] f. (last blank), fig., period ivory parchment, spine with 4 nerves, handwritten title post. (worm damage to spine and hinges, then sporadic without loss of text, 2 nerves uncovered; first 4 f. worn, stained and rebacked, light wetness in places extensive, one corner mq. part.1 f.175, f.95 of 2nd part. torn without mq.) Important collection of four founding texts of canon law. Edition illustrated with 4 woodcuts (3 full-page and one half-page); careful and elaborate composition, entirely in red and black, the text framed by the gloss; woodcut initials. Each work is preceded by a separate title page bearing the bookseller's mark Thielman Kerver. Early handwritten bookplate on title, signature in margin of fol. 1. These editions are all very uncommon (USTC 112542, 112544, 184231, 145523, respectively 3, 4, 3 and 2 copies located).