Council of Trent, Catechismo, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1568, red morocco by Storr of Grantham, Syston Park copy

Council of Trent. Catechismo, cioe Istruttione, secondo il decreto del Concilio di Trento, a' parochi … tradotto … in lingua volgare dal reverendo Alesso Figliucci. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1568

8vo (144 x 98 mm). Roman type, 37 lines. collation: A-Z⁸ AA-PP⁸ a-b⁸: 320 leaves. (A few pale spots on title, generally fresh and clean.)

binding: Red morocco gilt by Storr of Grantham (150 x 108 mm), Aldine anchor device stamped on covers, gilt edges. (Few small spots of wear at extremities.)

provenance: Sir John Hayford Thorold, Syston Park bookplate, sale, Replica Shoes , Wilkinson & Hodge, 12-19 December 1884, lot 445, 9s, to James Ridler — The Cosmos Club, Bradley Collection (bookplate tipped to pastedown, sold Replica Shoes Parke Bernet, New York, 23 May 1978, lot 14). acquisition: Purchased from preceding sale via Martin Breslauer, Inc. references: UCLA 796; Edit16 12063; Renouard 204/4