Council of Trent, Catechismus, Rome, Paolo Manuzio, 1567, contemporary Florentine morocco

Council of Trent. Catechismus, ex decreto Concilii Tridentini, ad parochos, Pii V pont. max. iussu editus. Rome: Paolo Manuzio, 1567

8vo (161 x 107 mm). Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: A⁴ B-Z⁸ AA-TT⁸ VV-XX⁸: 348 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page.

binding: Contemporary Florentine olive morocco (170 x 120 mm), paneled in blind, traces of ties. (Some skillful restoration, a few stains.)

provenance: Francesco Maria di Monte Santa Maria (of Florence, inscription or note mentioning him on rear flyleaf). acquisition: Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, London, 1972. references: UCLA 792; Edit16 12061; Renouard 202/3