Augustinus, de Ancona

Super-Chancery folio (310 x 205mm.), 470 leaves, 1-15¹⁰ 16¹¹ 17-28¹⁰ 29¹² 30¹¹ 31-45¹⁰ 46⁶ 47¹⁰, first leaf blank, with a printed slip inserted after 16/11 (variant 6 in GW's list), index bound at front, 35 lines, gothic type, 2- to 6-line initials supplied in red, a few edges uncut, early nineteenth-century navy straight-grained morocco with gilt fillet border, gilt edges, some marginal worming (some repaired), binding scraped, edges rubbed

Jesuits of Halle, inscription on first leaf dated 1571, with ?inventory number 65; Law Society, armorial bookplate

Goff A1363; H 960; BMC ii 329; Bod-inc A-499; GW 3050

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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First edition. Augustinus de Ancona (1243-1378) was a staunch defender of papal privilege and power, and this is his main text on the subject. This copy has some pencil notes by Mendham as it was a text of considerable import for his research.

Schüssler's press operated from 1470 (with the publication of the first Latin edition of Josephus) until the publication of this work in 1473, after which he sold his five presses to the monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra, though he continued to work as a bookdealer and bookbinder. His single typeface was taken over from Günther Zainer, who had ceased using it in 1470.