Philippus Jaffé - Regesta Pontificum Romanorum - 1851

- The spine at the bottom is missing a piece (repaired with Japanese fiber paper), marbled endpapers, marbled on the fold, gilded letters on the spine, foxing on the first pages, the book block otherwise in good to very good condition. 279 mm x 226 mm. 951 pages. RR.

This book contains a historical collection of decrees and letters from the Popes, from the founding of the Catholic Church up to 1198. 'Regesta' refers to the chronologically arranged copies and summaries of the documents and letters.
This is the first edition! (And not the Tomus Secundus from 1888). To this day, it remains the standard work on this subject.
A rare book for a serious library or collection.