TUDESCHI, Niccolo De [ Panormitanus ]

Repertorium super lec. panor. Index aut si mavis repertorium: admodu solennis super commentariis excellentissimi decretorum doctoris Nicolai de Tudeschis...

      Lyons Sebastian Gryphius 1524. Folio. ff.150 unnumbered. Gothic type; dual column text; 80 lines. Title page printed in red and black and surrounded with an ornate woodcut border depicting winged angels and dragons. The title also contains a woodcut illustration of the author presenting his book to the Pope who is seated amongst an assembly of cardinals. Possibly lacking front and/or rear blanks. Early blind tooled paneled binding - calf over oak boards. Clasps gone. Tastefully re-backed. Two book plates as well as an old dealer's catalogue entry are pasted on the inside front cover. Inner hinges are neatly strengthened with parchment or vellum. This index or repertorium to Niccolo de Tudeschi's Commentaries on the Decretals of Gregory IX is one of the first books to appear under Sebastien Gryphius's imprint. Gryphius became an important printer in Lyons and, like Aldus Manutius in Italy, he is best known for producing small affordable editions of the classics. The earliest books he issued, however, were large folios of civil and cannon law. Around 1524 Gryphius took over the press of Jean de Jouvelle and issued an edition (in 7 vols.) of Tudeschi's "Commentarium" R.C. Christie in his article "Sebatian Gryphius Printer" (pub. 1907 see bellow) argues that this is the first book printed under Sebastian Gryphius's name. In the same year (1524) Gryphius printed the Repertorium to the Commentaries which is here offered. Niccolo Tedeschi (also called Panormitanus, 1389-1445) was a doctor of Canon Law. He taught at Parma, Sienna, and Bologna and became advisor to Alphonso, King of Sicily. In 1435 he was made Archbishop of Palermo. Very Scarce. Not in Adams, BM STC French, STC, Brunet or Graesse. 1 copy listed on COPAC, KVK, OCLC at Queens College Oxford; 1 copy listed on KVK at Stattsbibliothek zu Berlin; 1 copy listed on SBN at Biblioteca Monastica Badia di Finalpia. See Christie's article in "Historical Essays First Published in 1902 in Commemoration of the Jubilee of the Owens College, Manchester." (ed. by T.F. Tout and J. Tait) Manchester University Press, 1907. p.307..