Formularium procuratorum et advocatorum Curiae Romanae

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HC 7300*; BMC III 787-8; Goff F268; Kaplan 214; ISTC if00268000; GW 10224

Shoults (Special Collections) Swb/1493/F

Basel: [Michael Furter?], 10 March 1493

Brown calf over paper boards. Split away from boards near spine, which is broken, with spine cords exposed.
Some gatherings loose.

Early title-page, painted initial (f.1a), detail (f.1a), detail of initial (f.103a), colophon, double-page spread with initial (f.25b & f.26a).

The earliest books signed and dated as produced by Michael Furter of Basel are Brant's Expositiones omnium titulorum legalium (1st October 1490) and Panormitanus's Processus iudiciarius (1490). However, Furter is mentioned as a printer as early as the 15th January 1483. He died in 1517.

A work of canon law pertaining to the Roman curia. A note on preliminary page: 'very rare printed in the year 1493'.

Paper. 230 leaves (last leaf blank); 200 x 140 mm (quarto).
Gothic type.
Title-page present.
Imprint from colophon: 'Formulariu Aduocatoru[m] et Procurator Romane curie et Regij parleameti': practica ostendes fm iura comunia: exactissima diligentissima impssum Basilee Anno dni M. CCCC.lxxxxiij. sexto ydus Marij. Finit foeliciter.
Rubricated. Some woodcut initials. One hand-coloured initial at beginning of text proper (f.7a)

1. Illegible Monastery library inscription
2. Joseph Pratten Vin, Upper Easton, Nr. Bristol, 30 November 1828
3. Canon William Ardene Shoults
4. Selwyn College; Otago University Library

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