Vargas Meija, De episcoporum iurisdictione, Rome, Paolo Manuzio, 1563, contemporary limp vellum

Vargas Meija, Francisco de. De episcoporum iurisdictione, et pontificis max. auctoritate, responsum. Rome: Paolo Manuzio, 1563

4to (189 x 134 mm). Roman type with some italic, 30 lines plus headline. collation: A-Y⁴: 88 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page. (Title remargined with a few wormtracks, foxing throughout, a few paper flaws.)

binding: Contemporary limp vellum (193 x 139 mm), traces of two pairs of green silk ties, edges plain and lightly gauffered, manuscript title to spine, now faded. (Possibly recased, splits to spine panel discreetly repaired, lower cover lightly stained, a few tears to endleaves, labels removed from front pastedown and spine.)

provenance: Cardinal Gaspare Mattei (1598–1650), inscription "Gaspar Mattheius" on title-page — Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692–1779), white-on-black inkstamp (family arms surmounted by a cardinal's hat, initials B.A.). acquisition: Purchased from Fiammetta Soave, Rome, 1983 references: UCLA 695; Renouard 188/6; Edit16 27807; USTC 862044; Barberi pp. 125–126