Fürstenberg copy.- Economics.- Platea (Franciscus

Fürstenberg copy.- Economics.- Platea (Franciscus de) Opus restitutionum, usurarum, excommunicationum, collation: [a] b8 a b10 c d8 e10 f12 g-n10 o8 ([a] is numbered 2-4, but not signed), double column, 151ff. (of 152, lacking initial blank), 40 lines, Gothic type, initial spaces with guide-letters, Venice, Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, 22 January, 1477 bound with Antoninus Florentinus, Saint, Archbishop of Florence. De censuris ecclesiasticis, sive de excommunicationibus. De sponsalibus et matrimonio, collation: a b10 c-k8 l6 m-q8 r6, double column, 136 ff., the first blank, 41 lines, Gothic type, occasional early ink marginalia, Venice, Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, 10 May 1480, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting and staining, the latter heavier in second work, the odd small wormhole, 18th century panelled calf, gilt spine in compartments, spine neatly repaired and with head little chipped, corners worn, rubbed, 4to (223 x 159mm.)

⁂ I: An early treatise on restitution, usury, extortion and excommunication by this Franciscan lawyer. It discusses the extortion of money by inquisitors from suspected heretics, falsification of papal documents, and the proceeds earned from the prostitution of nuns, amongst other economic, legal and moral matters. II: On excommunication and marriage.

Provenance: Louis-Cosmé-Damian Rolandin, of Marseilles; Hans Fürstenberg (bookplates to front pastedown)

Literature: I: BMC V 227; Goff P758; Bod-inc P-337; GW M00831; HC 13040; ISTC ip00758000. II: BMC V 236; Goff A777; BSB-Ink A-610; GW 2071; HC 1270*; ISTC ia00777000.