
Auction Closed
October 12, 08:25 PM GMT
Estimate
600 - 800 USD
Lot Details
Description
Council of Trent. Catechismo, cioe Istruttione secondo il decreto del Concilio di Trento a' parochi, publicato per comandamento del santiss. s.n. papa Pio V, & tradotto poi per ordine di s. santità in lingua volgare dal reuerendo padre frate Alesso Figliucci de l'ordine de' predicatori. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1567
4to (196 x 141 mm). Roman type, 38 lines plus headline. collation: *4 A-Z4 AA-ZZ4 aa-xx4: 272 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page. (Intermittent browning and spotting.)
binding: Nineteenth-century calf gilt (147 x 205 mm), Aldine devices at center of sides, all edges gilt. (Front joint cracked, scuffed.)
provenance: George Herbert, 4th Earl Powis (1862-1952, signature on flyleaf), sale, Replica Shoes , Wilkinson & Hodge, 20-22 March 1923, probably part of lot 573, purchased by — Bernard Quaritch. acquisition: Purchased from Brick Row Book Shop, San Francisco, 1985. references: UCLA 784; Edit16 12060; Renouard 203/5
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