Concordata inter […] Papam Leonem decimum & […] Regem Franciscum […] primum. Pragmatica sanctio. Facultates legati.

8vo: 136 ff.

18th-c. mottled calf (rubbed, joints splitting, head & tail def.), gilt spine with 5 raised bands, red polished edges, marbled endpapers, silk marker. Good copy.

Rare edition of these commentaries on the Concordat of 1516, which regulated the status of the clergy in France and established guidelines for the nomination of bishops, the interpretation of canon law and other matters. Capital spaces with guide-letters.
Ref. Pettegree FB 63111. - Moreau IV:467. - Renouard (Impr.) I:545. - Not in Adams, STC French (BL).
Prov. Claude-Robert Jardel, bibliographer and antiquarian (old ownership entry on title). - Ms. entries at the end. - Old notes on front flyleaf.