Council of Trent, Canones et decreta, Rome, 1564, 8vo, printed on blue paper, modern calf, Briailles copy

Council of Trent. Canones, et decreta sacrosancti oecumenici et generalis Concilii Tridentini, sub Paulo III, Iulio III, et Pio III. Rome: Paolo Manuzio, 1564

Printed on blue paper, “probably as a presentation copy to one of the participants” (G. Scott Clemons & H. George Fletcher, Aldus Manutius: A legacy more lasting than bronze, 98). The third octavo edition, with the 8-page bull at end (bound after the Index) and the last page of the Index containing 15 lines.

8vo (160 x 101 mm). Printed on blue paper. Italic type, 29 lines. collation: A-Z⁸ AA⁸ *⁴: 196 leaves. (A few stains on title.)

binding: Modern calf (165 x 112 mm), spine paneled and gilt, black morocco lettering-piece. (Some light wear to joints.)

provenance: Raoul Chandon de Briailles (1850-1908), or Henri, Comte Chandon de Briailles (1898-1937), or François, Comte Chandon de Briailles (1892-1953) (family bookplate) — Maurice Rheims & Jacqueline Vidal-Mégret, Bibliothèque de M. le Comte C. de X… Précieuses reliures armoriées ou ornées XVIe et XVIIe siècles; Manuscrits, Paris, 2-3 December 1954, lot 70, FF 5000 — Aguttes & Jacques Benelli, Incunables, livres du XVIe et illustrés modernes, Neuilly, 2 December 2010, lot 23, €1209. acquisition: Purchased from Libreria Philobiblon, Rome & Milan, 2012. references: UCLA 729; Edit16 12988; Renouard 193/4