Kalendarium gregorianum perpetuum, Venice, 1582, later vellum

GREGORIAN CALENDAR

Kalendarium gregorianum perpetuum [edited by Antonio Lilio]... De consensu auctoris. Venice: Giovanni Battista Sessa and brothers (heirs of Melchiorre Sessa), 1582

8vo (144 x 97mm.), printed in red and black, woodcut portrait of the pope on title-page within a cartouche, woodcut initials, old limp vellum, modern red morocco gilt label along spine, small wormhole in gutter, binding somewhat creased and soiled

LITERATURE:

not in Tomash & Williams; not located in Edit16, but listed in ICCU\BVEE\013490 (ICCU specifies 2 variants, one with "de consensu auctoris" as part of the imprint and one without); Houzeau & Lancaster 13771 (listing 4 editions); cf. Riccardi i, 655 (4to Sessa edition)

PROVENANCE:

Julius Cart[--]sius, early inscription on inside front cover; Bibliotheca ephemerides liturgicae, ink stamp on title-page; bought from Roger Gaskell, Warboys, 2007; Erwin Tomash, booklabel