Fd.5.06
[De statu et planctu ecclesiae]
Alvari Pelagij De pla[n]ctu Eccl[es]i[a]e desideratissimi libri duo et indice copiossisimo et marginarijs additionibus rece[n]s illustrati.
Portion of title: De pla[n]ctu Eccl[es]i[a]e desideratissimi libri duo
Lugdunensi emporio : apud virum integerrimum Joannem Cleyn bibliopolam et industrium et de bonis literis optime meritum., Anno post christu[m] natum sesquimillesimo supra decimu[m] septimo ad Calendas Augustas. [1517]
[24], CCLXX leaves ; Fo.
[A] unsigned; e5 unsigned; i5 unsigned; k8b blank; L6b blank.
Title printed in red and black, within woodcut border; printer's device on title page and on last leaf. Initials throughout.
Signatures: A-C6 [maltese cross]6 a-z8 2A-2C8 D-K8 L6.
Includes index.
Half-title: Alvari Pelagij no[n] vulgaris literature viri De planctu ecclesie libri duo.
Errors in foliation.
Colophon: "Impressum est ... in famatissimo Lugdunensi emporio apud ... Joannem Cleyn bibliopolam ... Anno post Christu[m] natum sesquimillesimo supra decimu[m] septimo ad calendas Augustas."
Two stamps on verso of t.p.: "Museum Britannicum" and "British Museum sale duplicate, 1787".
Appears in Robert Birley's lists of books from the A. M. Storer bequest, 1799; in Birley's time, the book was stored in the 'Renaissance case' in room C.
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Inscription on final page: Boileau.
18th century English light brown calf; gold tooled triple fillet border; rebacked in modern leather, with compartments of previous spine reattached; gold tooled scrollwork roll on spine, and gold tooled title; gilt and gauffered edges; modern marbled endpapers; grey silk ribbon page marker.
Previous shelfmarks: Co.4.5 and Di.12.2.
List or 'memoire' written in ink on rear flyleaf, dated 1611.
Initials decorated by hand throughout, in blue with red flowers. Capitulum marks in blue and red for running title; capital strokes in yellow in main body of text.
Red-ruled throughout.
John, 12th cent - 12th cent XXII, Pope,
Popes Primacy
Canon law Early works to 1800
Clein, Johann, ? - d. 1530 printer.
Storer, Anthony Morris, 1746 - 1799 former owner.
British Museum former owner.
France Lyon
B29037