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mei/02141535 XV.II.17
[02141535]
Torino, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria (IT)
: XV.II.17
ISTC No.ij00520000
AuthorJustinianus
TitleInstitutiones (with the Glossa ordinaria of Accursius). Ed: Michael de Tonsis
ImprintMilan : Leonardus Pachel and Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 14 Oct. 1478