Council of Trent, Canones et decreta, [Rome, 1568-1569?], later vellum

Council of Trent. Canones, et Decreta Sacrosancti oecumenici & generalis Concilii Tridentini. [Venice, not before 1564]

8vo (149 x 101 mm). Roman type, 29 lines. collation: A-Z⁸ AA-DD⁸: 216 leaves (DD8 blank). Woodcut Medici papal arms on title-page and DD7 verso (otherwise blank). (Occasional minor marginal staining.)

binding: Nineteenth-century vellum over pasteboard (155 x 105 mm), double gilt fillet border, flat spine gilt, morocco lettering-piece. (A few abrasions along spine, light soiling.)

acquisition: Purchased from Alan G. Thomas, London, 1973 (with his notes inserted on a sheet at end of volume). references: Edit16 74111 (listing just one copy, in Pesaro); not found in UCLA, though 803 is similar, dated 1569 and with the Aldine device on title-page and the final two leaves blank.