[LITURGIA]. Pontificale romanum Clementis VIII. ac Urbani VI - Lot 190

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[LITURGIA]. Pontificale romanum Clementis VIII. ac Urbani VI - Lot 190
[LITURGIA]. Pontificale romanum Clementis VIII. ac Urbani VIII. jussu editum. Et a Benedicto XIV. Pont. Max. recognitum et castigatum. Mechliniae [Malines], Dessain, 1878. 2 vol. in-folio, full red chagrin, ribbed spines underlined by a gold fillet and framed in cold, special iron and gilded corner fleurons in a triple gilded frame on the entrenerfs, gilded title and tomaison, central coat-of-arms in a large gilded floral frame on the boards, ornate coupes and chasses, paper lining and endpapers with black, red and gold floral decoration. Contemporary binding, signed Lesort. VI and 216 pp; 221 pp, 1 engraved title vignette (repeated in vol. 2), numerous engraved vignettes in the text, a few historiated lettrines. Printed in black and red, in double columns. Text in Latin. Bindings rubbed and slightly worn, heads and tails bumped, 1 jaw split over 8 cm, slight white marks on boards. Freckles, more present in the margins, rare handwritten annotations. Very fine Latin edition of the Pontificale Romanum, containing all the rites reserved for bishops in the Latin Catholic Church, published by order of Popes Clement VIII and Urban VIII, then revised and corrected by Benedict XI. It is embellished with numerous vignettes engraved in the text. Complete in 2 volumes. Bookbinder's label E. et A. Lesort on title page. An elegant copy, in a highly decorative signed binding.
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