[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of three 16th c. studies by Bavarian jurist Conrad Brunus.

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Brunus, Conrad (or, Braun, Konrad). OPERA TRIA, Nunc Primus Aedita. De Legationibus, Libri Quinque... De Caeremoniis, Libri Sex... De Imaginibus, Liber Unus... Cum Tribus Indicibus... Mainz: Francisci Behem. 1548. First edition. Folio. 3 parts in 1. (32),242,(2);(20),224;(20),154,(2)pp. Large woodcut device on the verso of the title-page and on the versos of the final leaf in each of the three parts. Cont. roll-tooled pigskin. Title page a bit soiled.                               $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
Three studies by a Bavarian jurist dealing with diplomacy & the rights of ambassadors, ceremonies of the Church, and images in church worship. The only copy currently for sale on-line. Adams B2959; Graesse I, 556. VD 16 B7207.

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