Traité des indulgences & confirmation de celles du Cordon S. François, par N.S.P. le Pape Paul V.

Likely first edition of a theological and juridical work, unrecorded on WorldCat, complete with its woodcut title-page bearing multiple allusions to the Franciscan Order, including the cord and the arms of the Order. The lay members of the Confraternity of the Cord of Saint Francis, to whom the papal indulgences confirmed herein are addressed, were thereby enabled to associate themselves spiritually with the Franciscan Order without taking religious vows. Several preliminary pieces accompany the treatise, attractively embellished throughout with foliate, zoomorphic, and figural headpieces and initials.

Contemporary vellum binding, spine with faded ink title at head and, at foot, an old fragment of a library label, original ties. Vellum at headcap slightly damaged, spine browned, upper board slightly warped, a few discrete worming to the boards. Dampstaining to pp. 117-128, 129-134, 147-150 and 235-246; ink offset to pp. 148 and 149.