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Name/Title1539 French Renaissance Leaf/page in red &
black
About this objectAn Original Leaf (page) from "PANDECTARUM, SEU DIGESTORUM JURIS CIVILIS (A Compilation, or Digest, of Civil Law) printed by Francois Renault in Paris, France in 1539. Size: approx. 5 1/2" by 7 1/2". Disbound from volume. Printed in Red & Black! Nice Condition, w/light "foxing"/staining; otherwise, o.k. An early Parisian printing of the complex code of current and Ancient law, with extensive commentary and interpretation. The body of the work appears in double column Black Letter Latin text, with commentary surrounding the work in smaller type. This handsome edition is distinguished by the use of red ink in the titles and Uncial capital letters, an attractive specimen of the new two-color printing technology thenrapidly replacing the hand painted titles and initial letters of the earliest printed volumes.
Date Made1539
PeriodMedieval
Object TypeBook page
Object number2013.3
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